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Meta will let EU users unlink their Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger info ahead of DMA


Google made a similar announcement earlier this month.

EU users will be able to unlink their Instagram and Facebook accounts, as well as other Meta services ahead of the bloc’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA) coming into force in March, the company has announced. Today’s announcement comes after Meta also said in early December that it would no longer let Instagram and Facebook users send messages across services anywhere in the world, although in that case the company didn’t cite the DMA as the reason for the change. Other major changes that are expected in the EU as a result of the DMA include messaging services like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger being made interoperable with competitors, and Apple being forced to open up iOS to sideloading.

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