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Facebook, Instagram face Norwegian ban from tracking users for ads (www.politico.eu)

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[–] hikaru755@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

Only for three months, though, because:

The Irish regulator oversees Meta under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the whole of Europe because the tech company has its regional headquarters there. Other European countries such as Norway are able to issue national decisions for a time limit of three months in a "case of urgency" under the GDPR.