Facebook owner Meta faces EU ban on targeted advertising

The European data regulator has agreed to extend a ban imposed by non-EU member Norway on behavioural advertising" on Facebook and Instagram to cover all 30 countries in the European Union and the European Economic Area, it said on Wednesday.

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Meta runs the risk of getting fined up to 4% of its global turnover, the Norwegian data regulator said.

Sure, the European Union isn't perfect - no government is - but the Union's fight against the utter dominance of tech giants, as well as standing up for citizen privacy, is commendable.