This Privacy Ruling Against Facebook and Instagram Could Spell the End of Targeted Ads | EU privacy regulators declared that Meta can’t force users to agree to data collection.

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Privacy regulators in the European Union have ruled that Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, can’t make giving up data for targeted ads a condition of joining the social networks, according to reports published Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal and Reuters.LG UltraWide QHD 34" Curved MonitorHDR 10 compatibilityThis 34" curved monitor gives you a super wide 21:9 aspect ratio of workspace with a 1440p resolution.With support for HDR 10, you can achieve brilliant color performance ideal for photographers, graphic designers, and more.Over the last year, Apple rolled out a privacy setting which makes apps ask permission before they track users, “Ask App not to Track.” The vast majority of people say no, and Meta’s business took a nosedive as a result—the company said it lost $10 billion thanks to Apple’s privacy setting alone.So far, lawmakers have been willing to pass privacy rules that make certain data practices more cumbersome for the business world, but this is the first time that a major government body has taken steps to curtail targeted ads outright."

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