Three anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter told The New York Times that Meta will soon roll out subscription plans for EU Facebook and Instagram users.
In a nutshell: Meta might be gearing up to pilot ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram in the European Union. Insiders have leaked that the social media giant plans to offer subscriptions to its two platforms to remove ads and keep users’ data confidential.
Three anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter told The New York Times that Meta will soon roll out subscription plans for EU Facebook and Instagram users. The subscription prices are unknown but would allow paying users to keep their data confidential. The move is in response to recently enacted EU privacy laws and policies targeting social media. Meta hopes that offering Europeans a paid alternative will be enough to keep officials off of its back. However, regulators may still view the ad-based versions as being too intrusive.
