Meta faces permanent ban on targeted ads across Europe

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Europe clamps down on Meta's data collection; Norway ban goes regional
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Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook's parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.

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Facebook collects data from various sites and doesn't care if you are a user or not.

How can you get a consent from someone who doesn't even know facebook collects data from?

This is the funny thing. You don't. It has to be informed consent. ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪

Which makes Meta’s entire business illegal in the EU, thus the lawsuits and bans