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[00:00.04]Facebook and Instagram users in Europe

[00:04.16]are getting the option to use the social media services

[00:08.52]without seeing advertisements.

[00:12.40]However, they will have to pay for that option.

[00:17.08]Meta, the parent company of both Facebook and Instagram,

[00:21.88]recently announced the new choice,

[00:25.12]which is meant to comply with Europe's data privacy rules.

[00:31.92]Starting this month, users on desktop browsers

[00:36.40]will pay about $11 a month

[00:39.44]while iOS and Android users will pay $14 a month.

[00:47.08]Meta said in a blog that the price difference

[00:50.84]between the versions is the result of higher costs

[00:55.04]linked to the Apple and Google app stores.

[01:00.12]The monthly payment will cover all linked Facebook

[01:03.72]and Instagram accounts until March 1, 2024.

[01:10.04]On that date, Meta will require $6 to $8

[01:14.96]for each additional account

[01:17.24]depending on the system used.

[01:20.96]Meta released details of the plan late last month.

[01:26.92]Meta said it is introducing the new pay option

[01:30.52]after a ruling by the EU's top court.

[01:35.56]The court said Meta must first get consent

[01:40.12]before showing ads to users

[01:42.92]under EU data privacy rules.

[01:48.28]Meta advertises products and services

[01:51.88]to individual users based on their online activity.

[01:57.60]The EU ruling affects the company's ability

[02:01.16]to make money from its advertising methods.

[02:06.28]Meta said in a statement, that the paid option

[02:10.04]"balances the requirements of European regulators

[02:14.40]while giving users choice

[02:17.36]and allowing Meta to continue serving all people."

[02:22.60]Users aged 18 and older in the EU's 27 member countries,

[02:28.32]and also Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein

[02:34.24]will still have the choice to continue using

[02:37.76]Facebook or Instagram with ads.

[02:42.76]Meta said it is considering how to "provide teens

[02:47.12]with a useful and responsible ad experience"

[02:51.04]under the European privacy ruling.

[02:55.52]On November 1, the European data regulator,

[02:59.76]the European Data Protection Board,

[03:02.48]announced that it would extend a ban

[03:05.76]on "behavioral advertising" on Facebook and Instagram.

[03:11.60]The ban covers all 30 countries in the EU

[03:15.52]and the European Economic Area.

[03:19.92]The ban was first put in place by non-EU member Norway.

[03:26.72]The northern European country has ordered Meta

[03:30.24]to pay thousands of dollars each day

[03:33.00]since the middle of August

[03:35.04]for breaking the country's privacy rules.

[03:39.48]Behavioral advertising targets users

[03:42.80]by collecting their personal data.

[03:46.32]The EU's ban on such advertising

[03:49.24]is considered a setback for Meta.

[03:53.92]In a statement, Meta said

[03:56.20]it believes in an "ad-supported internet."

[03:59.48]But the company said it respects "the spirit

[04:03.36]and purpose of these evolving European regulations,"

[04:08.28]and aims to comply with them.

[04:10.76]I'm Anna Matteo.

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Words in This Story

option –n. one of two or more possible choices

comply –v. to do what you are asked or required to do; to obey

data –n. information

browser –n. software that permits the use of the internet on a computer

consent –n. permission to do something

regulator –n. a person or group that enforces rules in an industry or field

allow –v. to permit

setback –n. a problem that makes reaching one's goals more difficult

evolve –v. to change over time

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