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EU finds that Meta’s ad-free tier may be in breach of consumer protection rules

The European Union has informed Meta Platforms Inc. that the ad-free version of Facebook and Instagram may breach the bloc’s consumer protection laws. The CPC Network, a group of EU-based consumer ...
adexchanger

consumer protection

Every state in the United States, plus Washington, DC, has an attorney general tasked with regulating, investigating and enforcing against noncompliant marketing practices. They’re known colloquially ...
TechCrunch

After EU child safety complaints, TikTok tweaks ad disclosures but profiling concerns remain

A long-running EU engagement with TikTok — initiated following a series of complaints over child safety and consumer protection complaints filed back in February 2021 — has ended, for now, with the ...
TechCrunch

European consumer groups band together to fight Meta’s self-serving ad-free sub — branding it ‘unfair’ and ‘illegal’

Days after a privacy complaint was lodged against Meta in the European Union over its latest controversial shift of legal basis claimed for processing people’s data for ads, consumer groups across the ...
adexchanger

The FTC’s Director Of Consumer Protection On What Self-Reg Orgs Can Do To Avoid ‘Fading Into Irrelevance’

Earlier this week, I attended the National Advertising Division’s ad law conference in New York City, where I heard two top Federal Trade Commission officials express two very different points of view ...
Reuters

Meta Platforms' ad-free service targeted in EU consumer complaint

BRUSSELS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' (META.O), opens new tab advertising-free subscription service, a fee-based offering rolled out in Europe this month, breaches EU consumer laws, Europe's ...