The European Union's upcoming Digital Fairness Act has the potential to end exploitative practices online and enhance ...

The European Consumer Organization (BEUC) said Thursday that Meta's current pay-or-consent strategy in the EU may violate ...

The social media giant may have softened its rules allowing subscribers to Facebook and Instagram to get no ads, but users ...

Meta Platforms' revised no-ads subscription service may still breach EU consumer and privacy laws in addition to antitrust ...

The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has raised concerns about Meta Platforms' revised "pay-or-consent" data policy, claiming it may violate consumer protection laws, data privacy regulations, ...

In July 2024, EU antitrust regulators charged Meta for violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA). They argued that its paid ...

Further, consumer protection authorities raised concerns, suspecting of breaching EU consumer law. At the end of 2024, Meta rolled out a second version of its pay-or-consent policy. However ...

The European Consumer Organisation said that Meta Platforms' (META) latest pay-or-consent policy in the EU may be infringing ...

"It is important for consumer and data protection authorities and the European ... regulator demands and go beyond what is required by EU law. BEUC alleges that Meta's misleading practices and ...

BEUC, which complained about the fee-based service to consumer protection authorities in 2023 ... a weak bid to argue it is complying with EU law while still pushing users towards its behavioural ...