Facebook owner Meta hit with Sh178.6bn fine over EU-US data transfer

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Facebook owner Meta has been fined Sh178.6 billion (€1.2 billion) for mishandling users’ data when transferring it from Europe to servers in the United States.

The fine issued under the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation is the largest to ever be imposed and it will also see the tech giant the transfer of people's data.

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