The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, said on Wednesday that his Government will investigate Meta Meta.O, owner of Facebook and Instagram, for a possible violation of the privacy of users of its social media applications.
The decision stems from investigations carried out by several international research centers that discovered that the company had used a hidden mechanism to track the web activity of Android device users, Sánchez’s office said in a statement.
“In Spain, the Law is above any algorithm or any large technological platform,” Sánchez said, according to the statement. “And whoever violates our rights will pay the consequences.”
The Government said Meta may have violated several European Union laws on security and privacy, including its General Data Protection Regulation (Gdpr).the Electronic Privacy Directive, the Digital Markets Law and the Digital Services Law.
Meta will be called to testify before a commission of the Congress of Deputies, he added.
