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Meta may add a paid subscription option to Instagram and Facebook in Europe, according to<\/a> The New York Times<\/em>. The ad-free tier is meant to address European Union (EU) regulations that have diminished some of Meta\u2019s most lucrative data-collection methods. The company said in April that advertising in the EU made up 10 percent of the company\u2019s total revenue.<\/p>\n

The move would be the first time Meta has deviated from its standard model of a single free platform supported by advertising (and associated data collection). The NYT<\/em> says the company would continue offering free ad-supported versions of Facebook and Instagram in the EU. It\u2019s unknown exactly when the company would launch the ad-free tiers or how much they would cost.<\/p>\n

Company \u201cinsiders\u201d cited by the NYT<\/em> believe offering a paid ad-free variant could help \u201calleviate some European regulators\u2019 concerns,\u201d even if few people use it. The optional tier \u201ccould serve Meta\u2019s interests in the region,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n

An ad-free option for European users would mark one of the most significant splits between consumer tech in the EU and the US. Meta and other social platforms have been forced to adapt as the GDPR<\/a> and other regulations take hold. The EU fined Meta \u20ac1.2 billion<\/a> in May for moving EU citizens' data to US-based servers. In addition, the company was fined \u20ac265 million in 2022<\/a> for failing to prevent millions of Facebook users\u2019 mobile numbers (and other data) from being scraped and posted online.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis shows that tech companies are complying with the E.U.\u2019s digital regulations, suggesting that they remain beholden to governments and not the other way around,\u201d Columbia University law professor Anu Bradford told The New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"