The main advertising strategy of social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram is to collect data about users’ interests and use it to suggest advertisements that may be of interest to users. Just because of this data. Cambridge analysis Meta (then Facebook) founder Mark Zuckerberg, who played a role in the scandal, even went to court.

Under heavy pressure from European Union officials, Meta will give users the right to choose whether or not to collect this data. However, users who do not wish the data to be collected live in countries of the European Union and there must be a really good reason.

Unfortunately, this option is not coming to our country.

According to information obtained by The Wall Street Journal from sources close to Meta, Meta, which is threatened with heavy penalties by EU regulators, will unexpectedly be able to choose whether to collect this advertising data from them or not. But, of course, disabling this feature will not be so easy. Meta officers, which hide even the simplest account deletion or freeze options among dozens of tabs, are preparing to cause trouble for users who want to disable this data collection option.

According to the allegations, Meta will only offer this feature to users residing in EU countries, and a valid reason must be provided to disable the feature. Unfortunately will not be available in our country Users who sign up for this system must complete a complaint form and For what reasons exactly? must make it clear that he is requesting that the feature be disabled. The data of users who cannot convince Meta employees will continue to be collected.