Facebook and Instagram notices in iOS apps tell users tracking helps keep them ‘free of charge’
Facebook Facebook is continuing its campaign against Apple's iOS 14 privacy updates, adding a notice within its iOS app telling users the information it collects from other apps and websites can help keep Facebook free of charge." A similar message was seen on Instagram's iOS app (Facebook is Instagram's parent company).
Technology researcher Ashkan Soltani first noted the new pop-up notices on Saturday (see his tweet below), but a Facebook spokesperson directed The Verge to a blog post from earlier last week that detailed the update. The company refers to the notices as educational screens," and said they provided more details about how we use data for personalized ads," according to the blog post by Dan Levy, Facebook's vice president for...