Backed by the European Commission, the European Network of Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) sent a letter to Meta on Monday 22 July questioning the legality of its ‘pay or consent’ policy, which requires users who do not want to provide their personal data to pay a monthly fee.
Introduced last November, this system has angered numerous consumer associations across the EU (see EUROPE B13372A6).
In particular, they claim that Meta is misleading its users and forcing them to make a...