The social network business Meta was fined 21.6 billion won ($15 million) by South Korea's privacy authority on Tuesday for unlawfully gathering private information from Facebook users, including information on their gender identities and political beliefs, and disclosing it to thousands of advertisers. After a four-year inquiry, the Personal Information Protection Commission of South Korea found that Meta had illegally gathered private data about approximately 980,000 Facebook users.
The social network business Meta was fined 21.6 billion won ($15 million) by South Korea's privacy authority on Tuesday for unlawfully gathering private information from Facebook users, including information on their gender identities and political beliefs, and disclosing it to thousands of advertisers. After a four-year inquiry, the Personal Information Protection Commission of South Korea found that Meta had illegally gathered private data about approximately 980,000 Facebook users.