$20 million fine for Meta companies for actions that could mislead customers about how their data is used

In a case brought by the ACCC, the Federal Court ordered two subsidiaries of social media behemoth Meta, Facebook Israel and Onavo Inc., to pay $10 million each for engaging in conduct that was likely to mislead and violate Australian Consumer Law.

The court ruled that by failing to adequately disclose that users' data would be used for purposes other th…