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Children's privacy has been violated by the Irish regulators.

Children's phone numbers and email addresses were the subject of a long running complaint.

Some people who upgraded to business accounts didn't know that their data was public.

Meta plans to appeal against the decision. The company has already been fined three times by the regulators.

Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner said that the final decision contained a fine of 355m.

The inquiry focused on old settings that we updated over a year ago and we've since released many new features to help keep teens safe.

Anyone under 18888-607-ally has their account set to private when they join the photo sharing website, so only people they know can see what they post and adults can't message teens who don't follow them."

We disagree with the way the fine was calculated and will appeal it.

The rest of the decision is still being carefully reviewed.

Large technology companies with European headquarters are regulated by the DPC.

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation requires a large fine for a violation.

Amazon was fined a record 746m by the data authority of Luxembourg.

The child safety online policy head of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children said of the fine that it was a major violation that could cause real harm to children.

The ruling shows how effective enforcement can be in protecting children on social media.

The Online Safety Bill needs to be delivered in full and without delay by the new prime minister.

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