Norway to fine Meta $98,500 a day over user privacy breach from 14 August::Country’s data protection regulator said firm cannot harvest user information such as physical locations for showing targeted ads
They don’t have to “make those demands”. They just need to keep fining the company if it fails to comply with the law in its own region.
Meta can probably figure out a solution that complies, but if they can’t, then they have to decide whether to just suck up the fine, or address it worldwide.
You missed a scenario though, ignore the fine and let Norway kick you out. Could probably even spin it that Norwegian regulators refused to work with them.
Well at least Norway is standing up for their people. That is more than most governments are doing lately.
They’re trying, I’ll give em that, but we’re seeing more and more that tech regulators can’t keep up with changing tech. We’re just starting to tackle data privacy and now we’ve got the whole new problem space of generative AI. There needs to be actual investment in fast, informed regulation.
And honestly, “turn off targeted advertising” isn’t a reasonable demand for most countries, because, as much as everyone hates on it here, small business rely on targeted advertising and “go compete with Walmart for the same ad space” would suck for most economies.
