Meta's Instagram has been fined for making it easy for teens to disclose personal information.
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on the 5th local time that it has decided to impose a fine of 405 million euros (about 550 billion won) as a result of an investigation into Instagram's handling of children's personal information, Reuters and Associated Press reported. reported.
Since 2020, the Commission has been investigating the disclosure of personal information, such as phone numbers and email addresses, on Instagram to children aged 13-17 years old when they use a corporate account.
Converting your personal account to a corporate one on Instagram has the advantage of being able to check how popular your photos or videos are with statistics.
Instagram has banned this from personal accounts for reasons of mental health in some countries.
The problem is that in this case, personal information is disclosed, and the user did not have a choice.
You can join from the age of 13, but age verification was also poor.
A spokesperson for Meta explained that Instagram introduced a device to keep teens safe when it changed settings a year ago.
It also said that Instagram did not agree with how the fine was calculated and plans to appeal.
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