Italian regulator fines Facebook $8.5 mn over improper data use

Italy’s competition and antitrust regulator on Wednesday said it fined Facebook nearly 8.5 million for not complying with its request to correct improper practices regarding user data. The regulator, AGCM, had already fined Facebook 5.5 million in 2018 for the same and ordered it to correct its practices. It had asked Facebook to publish an amended statement, which it didn