Facebook and Instagram users in the EU can opt out of its behavioral advertising via a free tool provided by privacy rights not-for-profit, noyb.

The EU is probing if Meta’s changes to its “pay or consent” model are enough to comply with the Digital Markets Act.

The company has appealed against the fine handed down earlier this year over alleged anti-competitive behaviour.

Meta has been fined a record-breaking €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) by European Union regulators for violating EU privacy laws by transferring the personal data of Facebook users to servers in the ...

For example, when Meta started giving EU users an ad-free subscription option for Facebook and Instagram, this was supposed to serve as a "less personalized but equivalent alternative" to opting ...

EU threatens to fine Meta for saying Facebook is ‘free’ The EU says Meta’s ‘pay or consent’ model might violate consumer protection laws.

If EU users choose the "less personalized option" to access Facebook and Instagram for free, they will see ads that "may be less relevant to a person's interests," the company said.

On Monday, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined Meta, Facebook’s parent company, more than a billion dollars for breaching the European Union’s data-privacy rules, and ordered the social network ...

At the start of July, the Irish Data Protection Commission, Facebook’s main data regulator in Europe, issued a draft decision that would block Meta from sending data across the Atlantic. While ...

Microsoft, TikTok, LinkedIn, Google, Snap, Facebook-owner Meta and X have been asked to take part in the Jan. 31 "stress test" to check they have enough safeguards in place to mitigate risks on ...

EU and US negotiators are attempting to finalize a deal on tariffs before an impending deadline on July 9. Experts say a ...

The EU's DMA is said to be in the interests of consumers, but as its been implemented, it's just denying them iOS 26 features ...