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 The meta will give users in the EU a choice - display ads or pay a $14 monthly fee for Instagram. $17 for Facebook and Instagram. TikTok is testing a similar system. Will you pay? #GDPR #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalMarketsAct #ePrivacy  https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-floats-charging-14-a-month-for-ad-free-instagram-or-facebook-5dbaf4d5 
 @974a6e71 It isn't "to display ads" - it is to track, surveil, categorise and target individuals, in ways that are impossible for normal human beings to understand but somehow are assumed to understand enough to consent to.