Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Tuesday, October 3rd,

2023. I'm Brian McCullough today.

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Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

Sources are telling the journal that Meta has pitched a plan to the European Union

to charge European users a subscription fee to use Facebook and Instagram without ads starting at around 10 euro per month.

Quote, would people pay nearly $14 a month to use Instagram on their phones without ads?

How about nearly $17 a month for Instagram plus Facebook but on desktop.

That's what Meta platforms wants to charge Europeans for monthly

subscriptions if they don't agree to let the company use their digital activity to target

ads according to a proposal the social media giant has made in recent weeks to

regulators. The proposal is a gambit by Meta to navigate European Union rules that threaten to restrict its ability to show users

personalize ads without first seeking user consent, jeopardizing its main source of revenue.

Meta officials detailed the plan in meetings in September with its privacy regulators in Ireland and digital competition regulators in Brussels.

The plan has been shared with other EU privacy regulators for their input too.

Meta has told regulators it hopes to roll out the plan which it calls

SNA or subscription no ads in coming months for European users.

It would give users the choice between continuing to access

Instagram and Facebook free with personalized ads or paying for versions of

the services without any ads people familiar with the proposal said.

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