Akshaya Asokan reports:
European regulators said Facebook conducted an end run around privacy regulations by requiring users to pay a monthly subscription fee or else accept that their personal data would be fed to advertisers. The European Commission fined the social media giant 200 million euros.
The commission on Wednesday said Facebook courted the fine by not giving users a real choice between consenting to have their personal data combined for advertising and access to the social media network. The fine – along with a 500 million euro fine against Apple for failing to inform smart device users of alternative locations to download apps – is the first Europe has made under the Digital Markets Act. The 2022 regulation seeks to guarantee competition by checking the power of big tech companies to abuse their market power.
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