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 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.
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.This content appears as provided to The Globe by the originating wire service. It has not been edited by Globe staff.
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