Meta fined €1.2bn for mishandling user information

In the ongoing saga of Facebook wrongdoing, it’s no surprise to me that Meta, the parent company for Facebook, has been fined a record €1.2bn following “revelations that European users’ data is not sufficiently protected from US intelligence agencies when it is transferred across the Atlantic”.

The Guardian

Facebook has been ordered to suspend the transfer of user data from the EU to the US. Worryingly the ruling doesn’t apply to the other platforms in the Meta stable.

Workers’ rights at risk after Brexit

Another headline that says all you need to know about Brexit. Say it. Workers’ rights at risk. Workers’ rights at risk. Workers’ rights at risk. Now tell me how leaving the European Union is a good idea.

The Guardian