Ireland's internet regulators fined Instagram $402 million Monday, saying the company had revealed private information of minors on its platform. The company plans to appeal.
Regulators in Ireland slapped Instagram with a $402 million fine Monday, the second-largest fine to be imposed under the European Union's new internet privacy laws.announced the fine Monday, saying Instagram had wrongfully displayed some private information for teen users. The fine is the second-largest to be imposed in the EU since Amazon was fined $887 million in 2021.
Regulators say that many minors had switched their account identities to business accounts rather than private accounts, allowing them to view certain statistics about how many views and likes their posts received. Instagram had removed that feature from private accounts. Business accounts reveal the email addresses and phone numbers of their account holders, however. While Instagram requires users to be 13 years old, regulators have banned social media platforms from publicizing the private information of anyone under 18 years old.
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