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Facebook under twin Irish probes over Instagram's processing of minors' personal data

By Matthew Newman and Jakub Krupa ( October 19, 2020, 12:12 GMT | Insight) -- Facebook faces two probes by Ireland's privacy regulator after complaints over how its Instagram photo-sharing platform handles children’s e-mail and phone details. It's understood that the probes follow a study by data scientist David Stier showing that up to 60 million minors could have revealed their addresses and numbers when changing from a personal to a "business" account. Privacy experts say the data could be used by predators to exploit children.Facebook faces two probes by Ireland's privacy regulator over how its Instagram photo-sharing platform handles children’s e-mail and phone details....

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