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Facebook declines to accept arbitration proposal to settle privacy dispute with South Korean users

By Wooyoung Lee
  • 26 Nov 2021 03:00
  • 26 Nov 2021 03:00
Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, declined to accept an arbitration proposal from the dispute-mediation committee of South Korea's privacy regulator regarding compensation for damages from privacy breaches involving the data of some 3.3 million South Korean users.
Meta rejected the arbitration proposal on Thursday that asks the company to

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Wooyoung Lee

Correspondent, Seoul


Wooyoung Lee is a correspondent based in MLex’s Seoul office, South Korea, covering antitrust, privacy and data security, mergers and acquisitions and financial services. Wooyoung has more than a decade of experience in journalism, public policy and research. She has worked and written for news outlets including The Korea Herald, Al Jazeera International, Bloomberg BNA, Monocle, among others.

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