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Facebook, Instagram to offer paid ad-free UK subscriptions
Facebook, Instagram to offer paid ad-free UK subscriptions
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Meta announced Friday that Facebook and Instagram users in the UK will be able to buy ad-free subscriptions, extending a model already in place in Europe, to comply with regulation. Meta first announced its ad-free option in the EU at the end of 2023 to comply with tougher regulation intended to rein in big tech.

UN identifies 158 firms linked to Israeli settlements
UN identifies 158 firms linked to Israeli settlements
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The United Nations on Friday released a long-awaited update of its database of companies with activities in Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, listing 158 firms from 11 countries. It came in response to a UN Human Rights Council resolution four years earlier demanding a database of firms that profited from business in illegally occupied Palestinian territory.