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Meta could let users pay for Facebook and Instagram to avoid ads in their feeds, at least in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The New York Times<\/em><\/a> reports that Meta is considering a paid subscription to its social media products, an attempt by Meta to quell concerns by the EU around data privacy and ads. No information is available on price or a release date, and it\u2019s not confirmed whether the product will actually be released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Meta did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The company has been fighting with the EU and other European regulators around alleged privacy violations from its ad-tracking services and data transfers. Ireland\u2019s Data Protection Commission fined Meta $1.3 billion<\/a> for transferring data of European users to the US, a violation of GDPR. The US and the EU signed a data transfer agreement<\/a> in July, easing restrictions on social media platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Meta has already started offering the ability to opt out from targeted advertising in the EU,\u00a0and it reportedly proposed<\/a>\u00a0going further and shifting it to an opt-in option for everyone in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n