Irish regulator hits Meta with $275m fine over privacy breach in Europe

American multinational technology company, Meta Platforms, has been slammed with a fine of 265 million Euros ($275M) by the Irish data regulators for breaching Europe’s data privacy law.

The Data Protection Commission said in a statement that Meta Platforms Inc breached sections of the EU rules, known as the General Data Protection Regulation.

The new fine takes the total fines that the regulator has imposed on Meta since last year to more than $900 million.