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Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news (english.elpais.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In EU you were given an option by META to pay for adfree experience or accept targeted ads

Problem 1: if you paid, they would not stop tracking you. They would just stop showing ads. They would still be able to suggest content from commercial accounts.

Problem 2: the price was unreasonable. It depended on how many accounts you have across the platforms but i believe that the price for my profile and a couple of pages was €32 every month

Problem 3: these two options replaced the option to accept untargeted ads. I was ok with untargeted but they removed the option

Their solution has since been deemed as 'not ok' by the EU data protection board

https://www.euractiv.com/section/platforms/news/eu-data-protection-body-says-metas-pay-or-ok-model-is-not-ok/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

perhaps if they pay, pay or ok will be ok?