Norway asks EU regulator to fine Facebook owner Meta over privacy breach

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

OSLO/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Norway's data regulator will refer the ongoing fine it has imposed on Meta Platforms to the European data authority (EDA), it said on Thursday, a move that could make the penalty permanent and widen it to the European Union.

The EU's regulator confirmed to Reuters it had received the request to expand the fine. It said it would first make an assessment of the file after which it "will have two weeks to adopt its urgent binding decision".