{"id":11755,"date":"2023-10-03T14:37:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T12:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/03\/facebook-and-instagram-could-charge-for-ad-free-services-in-eu\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T14:37:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T12:37:24","slug":"facebook-and-instagram-could-charge-for-ad-free-services-in-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/03\/facebook-and-instagram-could-charge-for-ad-free-services-in-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook and Instagram could charge for ad-free services in EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta\u2019s social networks consider charging \u20ac13 a month on mobile and \u20ac17 on desktop, say sources<\/p>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta is considering charging users in the EU \u20ac13 (\u00a311) a month to access an ad-free version of Instagram or Facebook on their phones, as the company grapples with regulatory pressure on how it uses people\u2019s data.<\/p>\n<p>Meta is also weighing a \u20ac17 charge to use Instagram and Facebook without adverts on desktop, according to sources close to the discussions. Accessing both apps on smartphones would cost about \u20ac19 a month.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/oct\/03\/facebook-instagram-charge-ad-free-eu-meta-mobile-desktop\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5d1baf63651de3730360a5a4aa1c9ee56a50c63e\/0_67_3940_2364\/master\/3940.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7179221ab7d5a1e255232bcbc721ee02\" title=\"Facebook and Instagram could charge for ad-free services in EU\" \/>Meta\u2019s social networks consider charging \u20ac13 a month on mobile and \u20ac17 on desktop, say sources<br \/>\nMark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta is considering charging users in the EU \u20ac13 (\u00a311) a month to access an ad-free version of Instagram or Facebook on their phones, as the company grapples with regulatory pressure on how it uses people\u2019s data.<br \/>\nMeta is also weighing a \u20ac17 charge to use Instagram and Facebook without adverts on desktop, according to sources close to the discussions. Accessing both apps on smartphones would cost about \u20ac19 a month. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta\u2019s social networks consider charging \u20ac13 a month on mobile and \u20ac17 on desktop, say sources Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta is considering charging users in the EU \u20ac13 (\u00a311) a month to access an ad-free version of Instagram or Facebook on their phones, as the company grapples with regulatory pressure on how it uses people\u2019s data. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/03\/facebook-and-instagram-could-charge-for-ad-free-services-in-eu\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Facebook and Instagram could charge for ad-free services in EU<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11755"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}