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The groups form part of pan-European consumer group BEUC’s network from Czechia, Denmark, Greece, France, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain, and claim Meta’s subscription model does not respect principles under the EU’s general data protection regulation (GDPR), and that the tech giant has no valid legal basis to justify the collection of data of Facebook and Instagram users.

A Meta spokesperson told Euronews that the company “takes its regulatory obligations extremely serious and are confident that our approach complies with GDPR.”

Meta introduced the model in October as it said the upcoming Digital Markets Act, EU competition rules for online platforms, require the company to offer consumers in the bloc an alternative way to use Facebook and Instagram.

“We introduced this choice, called ‘Subscription for no ads’, as our consent solution to comply with a unique combination of connected and sometimes overlapping EU regulatory obligations with differing compliance deadlines,” a blog post said.

The consumer groups’ claims come after privacy organisations and data protection authorities voiced similar concerns over recent months.

Austrian privacy organisation NOYB warned that if the Meta model is legitimised, companies across all industry sectors could follow suit.

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