Instagram Penalized 405 Million Euros

Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), the world’s most popular online photo and video sharing platform InstagramHe imposed a huge fine of 405 million euros. The reason for this penalty was that the data privacy of children’s accounts had been violated. Meta, the umbrella company of Instagram, made the decision. they will object explained.

Penalty in Ireland, accounts of children commercial conversion to accounts came to be detected. So much so that a child who was not yet 18 years old could make his personal account a commercial account, so he could see how many people had entered his account. However, in this case, the phone number and e-mail address of the child with the account were shared publicly. Here’s Instagram, accused of keeping quiet about all this and 405 million euros was subject to a penalty.

The biggest punishment ever!

DPC has included different platforms and institutions and organizations in the scope of the investigation so far. In fact, last year, another subsidiary of Meta, WhatsAppwas fined 225 million euros. However, DPC has never had such a high penalty. had not given.

Speaking to the BBC, Instagram officials said: that the decision was unfair they say. According to the statement of company officials, the feature in question was changed last year. With the changes, the accounts of all users under the age of 18 were made private by default, and only those they knew could access accounts belonging to children. In addition, a child under the age of 18, Only He receives messages from the elders he follows. Here, Meta will appeal the penalty by referring to these features. It is unknown at this time how the appeal process will turn out.