{"id":10121,"date":"2022-08-11T20:17:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T18:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2022\/08\/11\/eu-may-slap-instagram-over-handling-of-childrens-data\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T22:04:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T20:04:45","slug":"eu-may-slap-instagram-over-handling-of-childrens-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2022\/08\/11\/eu-may-slap-instagram-over-handling-of-childrens-data\/","title":{"rendered":"EU May Slap Instagram Over Handling Of Children&#039;s Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta and its photo-sharing app Instagram are waiting for the European Union to announce its final verdict over children\u2019s data practices on the platform. Instagram reportedly violated EU rules by allowing underage children to open business accounts.<br \/>\nThe dispute between Instagram and the EU roots back in 2020 when Ireland\u2019s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) launched a probe into Instagram\u2019s handling of children\u2019s data. The probe was first sparked by a US-based data scientist who found that Instagram allows underage children to change their account settings to business. This makes their contact information public and could expose them to various threats. The DPC investigation wanted to ensure that Facebook (later rebranded as Meta) did its best to protect children\u2019s privacy.<br \/>\nThe EU is now about to announce its final decision. According to DPC\u2019s deputy commissioner, Graham Doyle, the final decision goes public by \u201cthe end of the last week in August or the first week in September.\u201d<br \/>\nInstagram may face a heavy fine in Europe over the handling of children\u2019s data<br \/>\nInstagram is now accused of violating the EU\u2019s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Of course, everything depends on the final verdict that the EU will rule. The fine that Meta and its subset platform could face in case of being found guilty is still unknown. However, the company may face one of the heaviest fines ever imposed by the EU on a foreign company.<br \/>\nInstagram\u2019s handling of children\u2019s data is also a controversial issue for the company in the United States. Last year, the company announced its plans to build a dedicated app for children. Then, it paused the plans over privacy concerns.<br \/>\nBack in February, Senators Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn introduced a new bill that aimed to increase children\u2019s privacy on social media. The bill gave children more control over their shared data on online platforms. Of course, forcing social media platforms to comply with the bill guidelines is a challenge for lawmakers.<br \/>\nThe post EU May Slap Instagram Over Handling Of Children&#8217;s Data appeared first on Android Headlines.&#013;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Instagram-Logo-Black-scaled-1.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\">&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta and its photo-sharing app Instagram are waiting for the European Union to announce its final verdict over children\u2019s data [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":10122,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-kategorii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10123,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10121\/revisions\/10123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}