Consumer associations from eight European countries filed a complaint on Thursday with personal data protection authorities. The paid subscription system set up by Meta on Facebook and Instagram is accused of violating EU rules.
Since November, each Instagram or Facebook account user refusing the collection of this data must pay 9.99 euros per month if they pay via computer. The decision will be centralized, and should in principle fall to the Irish data protection authority since it is in this country that Meta's European headquarters is established. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), which brings together the competent national authorities, must issue an opinion by the end of March.