EU also banned the possibility of combining data between
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 3:39 am
In July , the the group's platforms (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) and external websites and applications without obtaining the consent of users.
The launch of a paid version of Facebook and Instagram without ads is therefore Meta's response to try to circumvent the safeguards put in place by the EU to protect the data privacy of European citizens.
This is not the first time Meta has made a move in this direction, as it announced on its blog that it planned to ask EU users for permission to show them targeted advertising .
It is difficult to estimate the profitability or success that a paid Instagram or Facebook could have in Europe, especially if other alternative social networks appear that do respect the privacy of users' data.
A threat to Instagram?
And this is precisely what the EU is working on, through EU Voice and EU Video . The former is similar to Twitter – or X, according to the new name of the social network – but reinforces freedom of qatar phone data expression and tries to end censorship , as long as certain rules of conduct contrary to racism or homophobia, for example, are respected. EU Video, on the other hand, would be an alternative to YouTube.
EU Voice is built on Mastodon, a social network with decentralized and open-source servers that was founded in 2016. It had its moment of glory when Elon Musk bought Twitter, although interest in the social network has since waned.
Thus, it is a social network with independent servers, which do not collect data , where users can participate without sacrificing their digital freedom.
The launch of a paid version of Facebook and Instagram without ads is therefore Meta's response to try to circumvent the safeguards put in place by the EU to protect the data privacy of European citizens.
This is not the first time Meta has made a move in this direction, as it announced on its blog that it planned to ask EU users for permission to show them targeted advertising .
It is difficult to estimate the profitability or success that a paid Instagram or Facebook could have in Europe, especially if other alternative social networks appear that do respect the privacy of users' data.
A threat to Instagram?
And this is precisely what the EU is working on, through EU Voice and EU Video . The former is similar to Twitter – or X, according to the new name of the social network – but reinforces freedom of qatar phone data expression and tries to end censorship , as long as certain rules of conduct contrary to racism or homophobia, for example, are respected. EU Video, on the other hand, would be an alternative to YouTube.
EU Voice is built on Mastodon, a social network with decentralized and open-source servers that was founded in 2016. It had its moment of glory when Elon Musk bought Twitter, although interest in the social network has since waned.
Thus, it is a social network with independent servers, which do not collect data , where users can participate without sacrificing their digital freedom.