Meta, Europe and Facebook

Meta to offer Facebook and Instagram users in Europe less personalized ads after pressure from regulators
Data from all of a user's previous time spent on Facebook or Instagram, which is typically combined to precisely target an individual with tailored ads, won't be used.
Meta to offer less personalized ads in Europe to appease regulators
Meta Platforms plans to offer Instagram and Facebook users in Europe the option to receive "less personalized ads," the tech giant announced on Tuesday, in an effort to allay regulators' mounting concerns.
Meta slashes prices for ad-free Facebook and Instagram in EU, offers less personalized ads
Meta (NASDAQ:META) is reducing the price of subscriptions for no ads on Facebook and Instagram by 40% in the EU and is also letting customers in the region access the social media platforms with the option of seeing less personalized ads in an effort to ...
Meta cuts EU ad-free subscription price by 40% for Facebook and Instagram
On Tuesday, Meta announced that it is reducing the price of a monthly subscription for its ad-free tier in the EU by 40 percent, from €9.99 to €5.99 on the web and from €12.99 to €7.99 on iOS and Android. Each additional Facebook or Instagram account will be charged €4 on the web and €5 on iOS and Android.
Meta Unveils Less-Tailored Ads to Allay EU’s Worries
Meta Platforms Inc. is rolling back ad targeting for European users in a bid to address European Union concerns over the company’s subscription model.
Europe’s DMA forces Meta toward ‘less personalized ads’
Meta, under legal pressure in the European Union over a binary "pay us or consent to ad tracking" choice it currently offers regional users of its social
Facebook and Instagram users in Europe can opt for less personalized ads
Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscription
In Europe, Instagram Ads Are About to Get Less Personal
The Facebook and Instagram owner faces pressure in Europe to ask before using data to target ads or train artificial intelligence.
Facebook and Instagram to Display Less Personalized Ads in the EU to Appease Regulators
Facebook and Instagram users in the EU users are getting a new option to use these platforms for free with less personalized ads, and Meta is also slashing the price of its ad-free subscription by 40%.

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Meta slashes EU Facebook and Instagram subscription fees by 40% to meet regional regulatory demands
Meta cut the price of its ad-free subscription versions of Facebook and Instagram by 40% for European Union users to ...
Irish Examiner on MSN1h
South Korea fines Meta €13.8m for illegally collecting Facebook user information
South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won (€13.8m) for illegally collecting ...
Meta cuts the price of its ad-free plan by 40 percent in a bid to sate EU regulators
Meta is making some changes to its advertising model in the EU in a bid to win over regulators. Along with reducing the price ...
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South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users
South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Meta 21.6 billion won for illegally collecting Facebook users’ sensitive personal ...
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Facebook’s parent company, Meta, wins ‘Shonky’ award for not tackling scam ads
Scam ads are lucrative for scammers, but the money they steal from vulnerable people is also delivering plenty of cash to ...
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Meta now allows military agencies to access its AI software. It poses a moral dilemma for everybody who uses it
Meta will make its generative artificial intelligence (AI) models available to the United States' government, the tech giant ...
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Meta will roll back its ‘pay or consent’ ad model in the EU
The European Commission had previously aired concerns that Meta’s ad model might breach EU law. Meta, the parent company ...
Meta’s AI In Military Hands: The Ethical Dilemma Of Open-Source Technology
Find out the ethical concerns as Meta's Llama AI is made accessible to U.S. defense agencies, raising privacy issues.