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Meta’s ‘consent or pay’ approach to privacy targeted by EU watchdogs.
Eight consumer rights groups from across the bloc filed GDPR complaints on Thursday, arguing that the ad-free subscriptions introduced for Facebook and Instagram in response to EU privacy regulations are a “consent masquerade that does not actually give consumers a free choice.”
Ursula Pachl, deputy director general of the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), said in a statement:
“Meta’s offer to consumers is smoke and mirrors to cover up what is, at its core, the same old hoovering up of all kinds of sensitive information about people’s lives which it then monetises through its invasive advertising model.”
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