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Meta's 'consent or pay' data grab in EU faces fresh charges of privacy coercion | TechCrunch

A controversial move by Meta last year, when it switched to charging users in the Europe Union for an ad-free subscription for access Facebook and/or Instagram unless they agreed to be tracked and profiled so it could keep running its attention-mining microtargeting ad business, has triggered a set of complaints from consumer rights groups. The complaints are being brought under the bloc’s data protection rules. Currently, Meta charges regional users €9.99/month on web (or €12.99/month on mobile...

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