‘Meta shouldn’t force users to pay for data protection’ - Egyptian Gazette

Egyptian Gazette

‘Meta shouldn’t force users to pay for data protection’ - Egyptian Gazette

BRUSSELS — Facebook owner Meta and other online platforms must not force users to pay for the right to data protection enshrined in EU law when offering ad-free subscriptions, the European data regulator said. “Online platforms should give users a real choice when employing ‘consent or pay’ models,” the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) chair Anu Talus said in a statement. “The models we have today usually require individuals to either give …