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Meta Platforms was told by EU tech regulators to provide more details on measures taken to tackle child sexual abuse material on its photo and video sharing app Instagram by Dec. 22 or risk a formal investigation under new EU online content rules.

The European Union (EU) has banned Meta from using the personal data of users for targeted advertisements.

The monthly subscription plans for users in the EU, European Economic Area and Switzerland, will cost 9.99 euros ($10.58) for web users, while iOS and Android users will have to shell out 12.99 euros a month.

Meta planning to introduce ad-free subscription plans for its EU users including Instagram and Facebook

Meta Platforms Inc. is planning on launching ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram to users in the European Union nations for as much as $14/month, as per a recent report by The Wall Street Journal.  Under the unconfirmed plan, Meta would charge roughly 10 euros (about $10.49/BDT 1,163) a month on a desktop for a Facebook or Instagram account, and about 6 euros for each

Meta is looking to comply with EU's DMA, now working on WhatsApp's cross-platform tech. Meta is now set to develop WhatsApp to bring a new beta version that would feature cross-platform messaging, and this means that the instant communications app could soon send messages to other apps.

European regulators in January had dismissed the previous legal basis -- legitimate interest -- Meta had used to justify gathering users personal data for targeted advertising.

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