Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will be offered more choices about how they use the Meta Platforms. The changes come in response to requirements in the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA).
KEY FACTS
- The world’s largest social network is the latest to make changes to comply with the DMA, after Google outlined efforts to comply with new EU technology rules that could hurt some companies’ revenue, Reuters reported.
- Over the next few weeks, users will receive notifications informing them that they can choose whether they want to share their information between Meta’s various apps.
- Under the DMA, which all major tech firms, including Meta, must comply with by March 7, companies are required to treat their own services and products as competitors.
- Facebook Messenger users will be able to choose whether they want their Facebook account linked to their Messenger account or have separate accounts for the two services.
ACCENT
Meta announced that Instagram and Facebook users who have linked the two accounts can choose to manage them separately and no longer share information across the two accounts.
Users can also choose whether to share information between their Facebook accounts and the Gaming and Marketplace platform services.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
The US technology corporation has announced that in the next few weeks it will start sending messages to users using its services in countries where the Digital Markets Act applies. They will receive guidance on being able to disconnect between different Meta applications.
