Data Protection Commission fines Facebook-parent company Meta €390m

The Meta office in Dublin where its European headquarters are based. Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has dished out huge fines totalling €390m to Facebook-parent company Meta, after a European body said it must increase the financial sanction in its final decision against the social media giant.

The fines of €210m relating to Facebook and €180m to Instagram represent a sharp increase in the original draft fines considered by the DPC of just €36m for Facebook and €23m for Instagram. A third case involving Meta-owned Whatsapp remains pending.