Meta seeks solution in EU fight over ‘consent or pay’ business model
By Lewis Crofts and Matthew Newman ( May 16, 2025, 15:25 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms is in talks with European regulators on how to conform to an antitrust decision on its personalized ad business model under the EU's "gatekeeper" law that curbs the power of tech companies to gather data, the social-media company’s chief privacy officer told MLex in an interview. Following the decision in April, the company has two months to comply but it already presented a new user option in November 2024, which it said was in line with the digital markets act.Meta Platforms is in talks with European regulators on how to conform to an antitrust decision on its personalized ad business model under the EU's "gatekeeper" law that curbs the power of tech companies to gather data, the social-media company’s chief privacy officer Erin Egan told MLex in an interview....
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