Meta introduces ad-free plans for Instagram, Facebook in Europe

Meta Offering EU Ad-Free Subscription Plans For Facebook, Instagram To Comply With European Digital Privacy Regs

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 option of paying a monthly subscription fee to use Facebook and Instagram without any ads. The key is that, while people […]

Meta launches ad-free subscriptions for Facebook and Instagram users in the EU

This photo shows the mobile phone app logos for Facebook and Instagram in New York on Oct. 5, 2021.Richard Drew, Associated Press Bowing to pressure from European Union regulators, and following a $400 million fine issued in January for breaking EU digital advertising rules, Meta will now offer paid subscriptions to most of its European Facebook and Instagram users that accommodates ad-free use of the social media platforms.While free, ad-suppo…

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Meta introduces ad-free plans for Instagram, Facebook

The monthly subscription plans will cost 9.99 euros ($10.58) for web users, while iOS and Android users will have to shell out 12.99 euros a month.

Meta is launching paid versions of Facebook, Instagram

Meta announced users in some regions will be able to pay for ad-free versions of Instagram and Facebook next month.

Facebook, Instagram to offer paid ad-free Europe subscriptions

Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will be able to buy subscriptions to use the social networks without being tracked for targeted advertising from next month, Meta announced Monday, to comply with tougher EU rules. Tech titans now face a growing European Union legal arsenal, which was designed to curb…