A long-planned series from "Downton Abbey" creator Julian Fellowes has a new home.
HBO said Thursday it will air the drama, "The Gilded Age," which originally was to be on NBC.
The series is set in late 19th-century America, in which families of immense wealth lived lavishly and exercised social and political influence.
Casting for the yet-to-be-produced, 10-episode project and a debut date weren't announced.
In a statement, Fellowes said "The Gilded Age" will be about ambition and envy but, he added, "most of all, about love."
The central character is an orphaned young woman who gets swept up in the lives of the rich.
"The Gilded Age" is a co-production by HBO and Universal Television, which along with NBC is part of media giant NBCUniversal.
HBO was the best fit for the series, Paul Telegdy and George Cheeks, co-chairmen of NBC Entertainment, said in a statement.
"We love the ambition and scope of 'The Gilded Age,' and after a highly competitive bidding process, ultimately came to the conclusion that HBO is the perfect network for this epic story," the executives said.
Fellowes, who wrote the upcoming "Downton Abbey" movie, is writing "The Gilded Age" and producing it with Gareth Neame and Michael Engler.
South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users
South Korea's privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.
It was the latest in a series of penalties against Meta by South Korean authorities in recent years as they increase their scrutiny of how the company, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, handles private information.
Following a four-year investigation, South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission concluded that Meta unlawfully collected sensitive information about around 980,000 Facebook users, including their religion, political views and whether they were in same-sex unions, from July 2018 to March 2022.
It said the company shared the data with around 4,000 advertisers.
South Korea's privacy law provides strict protection for information related to personal beliefs, political views and sexual behavior, and bars companies from processing or using such data without the specific consent of the person involved.
The commission said Meta amassed sensitive information by analyzing the pages the Facebook users liked or the advertisements they clicked on.
The company categorized ads to identify users interested in themes such as specific religions, same-sex and transgender issues, and issues related to North Korean escapees, said Lee Eun Jung, a director at the commission who led the investigation on Meta.
"While Meta collected this sensitive information and used it for individualized services, they made only vague mentions of this use in their data policy and did not obtain specific consent," Lee said.
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