Meta Might Charge You To Use Facebook In Europe. Is This Finally The End? – Forbes

PARIS, FRANCE – MAY 24: Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc. … [+] attends the Viva Tech start-up and technology gathering at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 24, 2018 in Paris, France. The VivaTech exhibition in Paris brings together nearly 1800 start ups alongside the largest international groups. (Photo by Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)Getty Images Is social media worth paying for? We’re about to find out. A new report suggests the company may move to a subscription model in Europe to avoid the EU entanglements around advertising and privacy, according to The New York Times. At issue is how your data in that region is transferred to the U.S. where Meta is based, and then how that data is farmed out to advertisers, according to The Verge. Most of us already know how this works. It’s not magic and no one is listening to your conversations through a webcam. It’s much more basic than that. When you are on Facebook and click a sponsored ad, Meta records that interaction in a split-second and starts sending you more ads along those lines. It’s a bit crazy how immediate and efficient that is. I’ve noticed how
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