When signing up for Facebook and Instagram, users are forced to agree to Metas privacy policy. This allows the company to deliver targeted adverts but not for much longer. On Monday, EU privacy regulators ruled that users of Metas platforms should no longer have to accept these sort of adverts,sources from Reuters and the Wall Street Journal reveal. The regulators declared that this kind of coerced consent falls foul of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EUs wide-reaching privacy law. This doesnt mean its a done deal though. Irelands Data Protection Commission still needs to issue specific orders…
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