Meta accused of breaking EU digital law by charging for ad-free social networks
European Commission objects to βpay or consentβ model for users of Facebook and Instagram
The European Commission has accused Mark Zuckerbergβs Meta of breaching the EUβs new digital laws with an advertising model that charges users for ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram.
Meta launched a βpay or consentβ model last year in an effort to comply with the blocβs data privacy rules, under which users pay a monthly fee for an ad-free version of Facebook or Instagram that does not use their personal data for advertising purposes. If users do not pay, their data is used to tailor personalised adverts that appear in their social media feeds.
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