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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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[–] Mindlight@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So it's time for our EU politicians to step up then....

Hey, US, where are you in this? We need you guys to get on board with the right to privacy...

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 13 points 1 year ago

HAHAHAHA

...we can't even get corporate money out of campaign finances...

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

US government here, we buy the data from parties like Meta to save on the costs of surveillance and to get around laws that prevent us from spying on citizens. It's not in our interest to legislate restrictions