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Irish Data Protection Commission to order Meta to stop data transfers to US as firm faces EU fine
Decision will only target Facebook and won’t affect other Meta services
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. is set to be handed a record European Union privacy fine for failing to heed a top court warning aimed at protecting users’ data from the prying eyes of US security services once it’s shipped to servers across the Atlantic.
The Irish Data Protection Commission, which oversees the EU operations of most Silicon Valley firms, will also order the social network to stop all data transfers to the US that ...