Parent company Meta is appealing the ruling, which found the social media site published private phone numbers and email addresses of underage users.
The full details of the decision will be published next week.
A spokesperson for Meta said Instagram updated its settings over a year ago to address the problem and has since released new features “to keep teens safe and their information private.” The spokesperson said Instagram disagrees with how the fine was calculated and is carefully reviewing the decision.
This isn’t the first time Meta has fallen awry of European data laws. In 2018, WhatsApp was slapped with a €225 million fine, a record sum at the time, for failing to comply with EU data rules.
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