European Data Regulators Are Looking Into Instagram Now

There never seems to be an end to the amount of work that Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) needs to do to improve user privacy. The social networking conglomerate has faced a continuous stream of privacy scandals and transgressions over the past few years, with the company invariably vowing to do more. Except the controversies keep coming.

This time around, the issue involves Instagram instead of the core Facebook platform. The photo- and video-sharing service is wildly popular among younger demographics -- 72% of users age 13 to 17 use the service, according to Sprout Social -- and it may be mishandling children's data.

Image source: Instagram.

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