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France unveils new, more ambitious emissions-cutting plan
France unveils new, more ambitious emissions-cutting plan
by  AFP

The French government unveiled a plan on Monday to accelerate cuts to its greenhouse gas emissions, targeting a reduction of 50 percent by 2030 compared with 1990 levels. The United States has committed to cut greenhouse gases 50-52 percent by 2030 below 2005 levels, while Germany has set a 65 percent reduction target compared to 1990.

Biggest fines under EU privacy law
Biggest fines under EU privacy law
by  AFP

The European Union rolled out its mammoth data privacy regulation five years ago this week, and has since handed down billions in fines. The Irish privacy watchdog has been reluctant to hand down big fines but said in a statement on Monday that the EU's central authorities had ordered it to collect 1.2 billion euros from Meta.

Meta hit with record 1.2-billion-euro fine over EU data rules
Meta hit with record 1.2-billion-euro fine over EU data rules
by  AFP

Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday. EU regulators have already hit Meta with fines of hundreds of millions of euros over data breaches by its Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook services.

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