Meta will allow European users of Facebook and Instagram to share less data and see fewer personalised ads after it was fined for breaking EU digital rules, Brussels said yesterday. The European commission said the US tech giant und
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Meta will allow European users of Facebook and Instagram to share less data and see fewer personalised ads after it was fined for breaking EU digital rules, Brussels said yesterday.
The European commission said the US tech giant undertook to make the option available from January to settle a legal dispute over its "pay or consent" system that saw it hit with a 200-million-euro ($233 million) fine.
"Meta will give users the effective choice between: consenting to share all their data and seeing fully personalised advertising, and opting to share less personal data for an experience with more limited personalised advertising," the commission said.
It was the "first time" that such a choice was offered on Meta's social networks, the body that acts as the 27-nation bloc's digital and antitrust regulator said.
The move followed talks with the company, which was found in breach of digital competition rules over its "pay for privacy" system earlier this year.
Under the system, which has been vehemently criticised by rights groups, users have to pay to avoid data collection, or agree to share their data with Facebook and Instagram to keep using the platforms for free.
