Europe clamps down on Meta's data collection; Norway ban goes regional
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Norway has succeeded in getting a permanent, EU-wide ban imposed on Meta's collection of user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram. This landmark ruling favors user privacy over corporate interests.

Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook’s parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.

  • Tischkante@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    They’re already starting their paid ad-free $10 a month tiers for Europe only. They’ll stop showing advertising to underage people “for now”. They’re going to flood Europe with garbage ads and maximize subscribers that way.

      • ferralcat@monyet.ccEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        They won’t. They’ll just sell their private data.

        As someone who tried to make a living caring about people’s privacy, people don’t care. The only time they pretend to is when they need to explain why they buy the new iphone pro model yearly (but they’d turn on a dime if apple said “we’re building an ad platform! Look how pretty our ads are!”)

      • thethirdobject@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I know it’s a week-old thread, but I just received the notification on the Instagram app about the subscription and I have a few thoughts. First of all, here it’s actually 12 euros. As a relatively light user - I check Instagram maybe once or twice a day and FB once a week or every two weeks, just to keep in contact with people I don’t text -, that’s a lot of money to give to Meta for those services. I’m all for paying to have content without the tracking and the ads, but not 12 euros unfortunately. Which is, I guess, why they chose such a high price.