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HISTORICAL FACTS: Meta shouldn t force users to pay for data protection eu watchdog | History Defined

Meta in November launched a 'pay or consent' system -- a model that has faced several challenges (Credit: AFP)

Facebook owner Meta and other online platforms must not force users to pay for the right to data protection enshrined in EU law when offering ad-free subscriptions, the European data regulator said Wednesday.

"Online platforms should give users a real choice when employing 'consent or pay' models," the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) chair Anu Talus said in a statement.

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