Facebook owner Meta asks Norway court to halt privacy fine

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman//File Photo

OSLO (Reuters) -Meta Platforms on Tuesday asked a court in Norway to stop a fine that the country's data regulator has imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching user privacy, in a case that could have wider European implications.

Since Aug. 14, Meta Platforms has been fined 1 million crowns ($94,313) per day for harvesting user data and using it to target advertising at them, called behavioural advertising, a practice common to Big Tech.