Meta breaches digital rules by charging users for ad-free social networks, EU claims

European Commission says ‘pay or consent’ model does not comply with Digital Markets ActMark Zuckerberg’s Meta has breached the EU’s new digital laws with an advertising model that charges users for ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram, according to the European Commission.Meta launched a “pay or consent” model last year in an effort to comply with the bloc’s data privacy rules, where users pay a monthly fee for an ad-free version of Facebook or In