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Commission sends preliminary findings to Meta over its “Pay or Consent” model for breach of the Digital Markets Act

July 2, 2024 by European Union Leave a Comment

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has informed Meta of its preliminary findings that its “pay or consent” advertising model fails to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In the Commission’s preliminary view, this binary choice forces users to consent to the combination of their personal […]

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