Under pressure, Meta announces it will end behavioral advertising in Europe

This article was updated at 4:15 p.m. EST on August 2 with comment from the Irish Data Protection Commission. Living up to its reputation as a data privacy trailblazer, the European Union (EU) has effectively forced Meta to begin allowing European users to opt out of its behavioral advertising model. The company released a blog

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