Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has had another bad week, with news breaking on Monday that it has been hit with a huge fine from Irish regulators for failing to protect user data. 

The executives and middle management at Facebook HQ must be reeling, even if Instagram users are decidedly not. See what I did there? It’s a pun. On Reels. It’s an Instagram thing ... oh, never mind...

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