Sunday, September 22, 2024
HomeTechnologyMeta may allow Facebook, Instagram users in Europe to pay to avoid...

Meta may allow Facebook, Instagram users in Europe to pay to avoid ads: report

Published on

spot_img


Meta Platforms is considering paid versions of Facebook and Instagram with no advertisements for users residing in the European Union as a response to scrutiny from regulators, the New York Times reported on Friday.

Those who pay for the subscriptions would not see ads while Meta would also continue to offer free versions of the apps with ads in the EU, the report said, citing three people with knowledge of the plans.

The report added that the possible move may help Meta combat privacy concerns and other scrutiny from the EU as it would give users an alternative to the company’s ad-based services, which rely on analyzing people’s data.


Meta, Facebook, Instagram logo
Those who pay for the subscriptions would not see ads while Meta would also continue to offer free versions of the apps with ads in the EU, the report said.
REUTERS

European Union flag
The possible move may help Meta combat privacy concerns and other scrutiny from the EU.
Getty Images

Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

The social media behemoth has been in the crosshairs of EU antitrust regulators and lost a fight in July against a 2019 German order that barred it from collecting users’ data without consent.

It is unclear how much the paid versions of the app would cost, the NYT report said.



Source link

See also  Instagram to test new tools to fight 'sextortion'

Latest articles

AP-NORC poll – San Diego Union-Tribune

By HOLLY MEYER, PETER SMITH and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUXVice President Kamala Harris is a...

Everything works for new couple except the sex

Dear Eric: I met this wonderful lady a year ago on a dating...

NC rallygoers 'praying' that Trump wins, slam Dem rhetoric calling him a 'threat' after assassination attempts

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Fired-up attendees at former President Trump’s North Carolina rally...

President Ruto pledges 600 more police

Kenya has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the...

More like this

AP-NORC poll – San Diego Union-Tribune

By HOLLY MEYER, PETER SMITH and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUXVice President Kamala Harris is a...

Everything works for new couple except the sex

Dear Eric: I met this wonderful lady a year ago on a dating...

NC rallygoers 'praying' that Trump wins, slam Dem rhetoric calling him a 'threat' after assassination attempts

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Fired-up attendees at former President Trump’s North Carolina rally...