Antitrust cops cry foul over Meta's pay-or-consent ultimatum to Europeans

Antitrust cops cry foul over Meta's pay-or-consent ultimatum to Europeans Facebook, Instagram gobble up same data whether you hand over cash or not European Union antitrust regulators have accused Meta of violating the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA) with its "pay or consent" advertising model, a source of complaints since it was announced last year. The European Commission said on Monday that Meta's policy, enacted in October in an attempt to comply with the DMA by giving Facebook and Instagram …