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Meta (Facebook / Instagram) to move to a "Pay for your Rights" approach (noyb.eu)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Wall Street Journal reported that Meta plans to move to a "Pay for your Rights" model, where EU users will have to pay $ 168 a year (€ 160 a year) if they don't agree to give up their fundamental right to privacy on platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. History has shown that Meta's regulator, the Irish DPC, is likely to agree to any way that Meta can bypass the GDPR. However, the company may also be able to use six words from a recent Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling to support its approach.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Even if you do not have a Facebook account, you are still being tracked through Ghost Profiles.

So no, you can not "just not use Meta".

They are so ingrained in the internet, that you can not get away, no matter hard you try.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ok, so I should use Meta services anyway guilty-free?

I'm not claiming I'm not being tracked. But in theory, the GDPR should have made that illegal (to my understading) as I'm in the EU.

If the law is just paper anyway, then what's the point of the discussion?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can alleviate this by using a VPN, configure you browser to minimize fingerprinting and use NoScript which allows you to block their trackers on third party websites.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Firefox's creators also have an optional Facebook Container add-on which will sandbox all Facebook cookies in their own Fb-only bubble, for those who still want to use it: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/facebook-container-prevent-facebook-tracking