The European Union (EU) <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/zuckerberg-sacks-10000-more-meta-workers-during-year-of-efficiency" style="text-decoration:none">delivered Meta</a> a $1.3 billion privacy fine on Monday for reportedly transferring user data across the Atlantic, between Europe and the US. The EU has now ordered Meta to cease all data transfer between the two continents by October, per the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/meta-facebook-data-privacy-fine-europe-9aa912200226c3d53aa293dca8968f84?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow" style="text-decoration:none">Associated Press</a>. 
 
The steep financial penalty is the largest in Europe since the EU implemented its strict privacy operation just <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-protection-eu_en" style="text-decoration:none">five years ago</a>. The fine that Meta will have to pay comes after Amazon, in 2021, was forced to pay an <a href="https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/amazon-fined-heavily-violating-gdpr-by-using-unconsented-data-ad-targeting" style="text-decoration:none">$850.6 million fine</a> for violating data protection rules.

Meta’s Facebook was reportedly fined for transferring user data
across the Atlantic, between Europe and the US.{ai:summary}Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been fined $1.3 billion by the European Union for transferring user data between the US and Europe. The EU has ordered Meta to cease data transfer between the two continents by October. Meta believes that the decision to fine them is flawed and unjustified, and may appeal the ruling, though the appeal could be lengthy. The US and EU are negotiating a new pact that may allow the company to continue moving information between the continents. The fine given to Meta is the largest in Europe since its implementation of strict privacy operations five years ago. #foreignaffairs

EU fines Meta $1.3 billion for data privacy violations

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