Antitrust, fine of 3.5 million to Meta for unfair practices
Antitrust imposed a fine of 3.5 million euros Half For unfair commercial practices regarding the creation and management of social network accounts Facebook And Instagram.
In particular, according to the authority, in the Instagram registration process users did not receive clear information on the collection and use of your data for commercial purposes. Furthermore, in the event of suspension of the Facebook and Instagram accounts, no useful communications were provided complaints.
In particular for AntitrustMeta has not indicated how it decides to suspend Facebook accounts (if following a automated or “human” control) and did not provide Facebook and Instagram users with information on the possibility of contesting the suspension of their accounts (they can turn to an out-of-court dispute resolution body or a judge).
Finally, it provided a short deadline (30 days) for the consumer to contest the suspension. These two practices have been discontinued since Half during the proceedings.
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