Meta was charged Monday with violating Europe’s sweeping tech competition law by forcing customers into a restrictive “pay or consent” model for ads on Instagram and Facebook.

The tech company aims to avoid a ban on social networks and suggests age verification in app stores. Meta has taken a step ...

Deserves fair compensation for the valuable and innovative services'? Which ones are those then? Meta has come out swinging following the European Commission's decision that its pay-or-consent model ...

The EU is probing if Meta’s changes to its “pay or consent” model are enough to comply with the Digital Markets Act.

Europe is a key market for Meta, which has long relied on ad revenue to bolster its bottom line. The company earned $118 billion in ad revenue in 2021 alone. In a lengthy statement, ...

Tech companies argued there is still uncertainty about how to comply with the AI Act, and the rules are too complicated.

As the European Union (EU) pushes ahead with its landmark AI Act, it does so with the highest intentions: to protect citizens ...

Given that pan-Atlantic gap, and the regulatory threat Meta is facing with the Digital Markets Act, the future of Threads in Europe is small potatoes. Meta complaining about “regulatory ...

Meta on Thursday announced that Meta AI is coming to Europe after a rather long wait. It’s not going to be the full Meta AI experience you get in the US and elsewhere, as the standalone Meta AI ...

In Europe, Meta Offers Ad-Free Versions of Facebook and Instagram for First Time. Starting in November, subscriptions will cost between 9.99 euros and 12.99 euros per month, the company said.

Snapchat and Meta have stopped marketers from targeting teenagers ages 13 to 17 in Europe with personalized ads. By next year, another E.U. tech-focused law, the Digital Markets Act, will take effect.

Threads, Meta's new micro-blogging app, launched worldwide with the exception of the countries of the European Union, where there are strict data protection laws. Why Meta's Threads Isn't ...