Those who pay for the subscriptions would not see ads while
Meta would also continue to offer free versions of the apps with ads in the EU,
the report said, citing three people with knowledge of the plans.
The report added that the possible move may help Meta combat
privacy concerns and other scrutiny from the EU as it would give users an
alternative to the company's ad-based services, which rely on analyzing
people's data.
Meta did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for
comment.
The social media behemoth has been in the crosshairs of EU
antitrust regulators and lost a fight in July against a 2019 German order that
barred it from collecting users' data without consent.
It is unclear how much the paid versions of the app would
cost, the NYT report said.
The social media giant has been in the spotlight of EU
antitrust regulators and has been fined NOK 1 million per day since August 14
for breaching users' privacy by harvesting user data and using it to target
advertising at them.
The company is seeking a temporary injunction against the
order by Norway's data protection authority, which imposes a daily fine for the
next three months. The regulator, Datatilsynet, had said on July 17 that the
company would be fined if it did not address privacy breaches the regulator had
identified. © Reuters
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