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Meta’s $18 billion U.S. settlement puts EU and UK pressure on Instagram and Facebook youth safeguards
Meta reached an $18 billion settlement with 47 U.S. states, agreeing to curb addictive design features to better protect teenagers. The European Commission said it may demand changes that go further than the U.S. deal. If Meta fails to comply, it could face a fine of up to 6% of annual global revenue, or about $12 billion. UK officials also said they want the same protections extended to British teens.
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Trump Supreme Court win fuels bid to overturn €1.7 trillion EU-U.S. data transfer deal
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Slaughter granting Donald Trump the power to fire members of independent agencies has intensified scrutiny of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which underpins €1.7 trillion in transatlantic trade each year. European privacy regulators and activists argue the decision weakens the independent oversight they say is essential to protect Europeans’ data from excessive U.S. surveillance. The European Data Protection Board has begun assessing the judgment’s potential implications for the framework, while Noyb and French lawmaker Philippe Latombe are pursuing separate legal challenges. If the framework is revoked, companies that rely on it, including major U.S. technology firms, could face major disruption to cross-border data transfers.
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