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Meta Must Ease Access to Non-Profiled Timeline: Dutch Court
The court ruling enforces Meta to preserve user-chosen chronological feeds permanently to protect user autonomy and comply with the Digital Services Act, with fines up to €5 million for noncompliance.
- The Dutch court ordered Meta to give users a simple way to opt out of a profiled timeline and allow a chronological or other non-profiled timeline to remain in effect.
- The court ruled that Meta's practice of automatically reverting to a profiled timeline when the app is closed constitutes a prohibited "dark pattern" and infringes on freedom of information.
- Meta said it will appeal the ruling, arguing it is an issue for EU regulators and not individual countries, and that the ruling threatens the EU's digital single market.
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On Thursday, 2 October, a court ruled that Meta's two platforms "does not allow the Dutch to make free and autonomous choices" about the use of algorithms.
·Paris, France
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The court's criticism is directed at the content streams offered by Meta, which are tailored based on user data.
·Finland
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Dutch Facebook and Instagram users should have easier control over their timeline appearance, a court in Amsterdam ruled Thursday. This is currently too cumbersome, putting parent company Meta in violation of European law.
·Amersfoort, Netherlands
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