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Meta just launched its first ad-free option for Facebook and Instagram. The update is in response to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, passed in 2018. Subscriptions for the ...

After years of fake news and memes about Facebook starting to charge for Facebook, it actually happened, albeit only in Europe. Here's why: Pressed with new regulations in the European Union, Meta ...

If you’re in Europe, you can pay a fee to get no ads across Meta’s products. The subscription is meant to address concerns from European Union regulators. If you’re in Europe, you can pay a fee to get ...

The effects of the EU’s regulatory crusade on Big Tech are beginning to make themselves known to consumers. Yesterday, Meta launched ad-free subscription services for Facebook and Instagram within the ...

TikTok may be going ad-free for five bucks a month, but you’ll have to pay a bit more for a similar experience on Meta’s platforms. A new report details Meta’s proposal to offer a version of Facebook ...

Meta has today announced a new subscription for Facebook and Instagram that will allow both platforms to go ad-free for a shared cost, but the subscription is only launching in Europe for now.

Meta is proposing to EU regulators an option for an ad-free subscription for Instagram and Facebook. For roughly €10 (~$10.5), users in the EU could use one account on a desktop without personalized ...

Meta has confirmed it will start offering Facebook and Instagram users in Europe an ad-free subscription option in November. Those in the European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland will be ...

Social media users in Europe will soon have the option to scroll Facebook and Instagram without seeing any advertisements — if they pay a monthly fee. Meta announced Monday that starting in November, ...

To comply with European regulators after getting on the wrong side of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Meta said today it will be offering users in the EU, EEA and Switzerland the ...

After launching the ad-free subscription for Instagram and Facebook last year starting at €9.99 a month, the company now says it’s offered to cut the fee in discussions with regulators. After ...