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October 16, 2025 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology

Judge in the Bits of Freedom vs. Meta lawsuit: Meta must respect users’ choice

On 2 October 2025, the Dutch court made clear that users should be in control of content they see on Meta’s apps. In a landmark victory for digital rights, the judge sided with Bits of Freedom against Meta, ruling that the company is violating the law and it has to adjust its app to respect users’ choices.

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October 25, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech

Meta plans paid subscription for users who don’t want to be tracked

In a move to circumvent EU privacy law, Platform giant Meta reportedly plans to ask users to pay up to €228 a year to preserve their fundamental right to privacy on its platforms.

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November 13, 2025 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Platform regulation

Judge grants Meta limited postponement in Bits of Freedom lawsuit

In early October, digital human rights organization Bits of Freedom took Meta to court. The organization demanded that Meta offers its users on in apps such as Instagram and Facebook the option to choose a feed that is not based on profiling. The judge ruled in favour of Bits of Freedom and ordered Meta to modify its apps within two weeks. Meta claimed that such changes were impossible to deliver in that timeframe and asked the Amsterdam Court of Appeal for a postponement. The court has now ruled that Meta will indeed be granted a postponement.

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April 17, 2024 · Blogs | Press mentions | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Platform regulation | Privacy and confidentiality

Privacy is not for sale: Meta must stop charging for people’s right to privacy

Ahead of a crucial opinion by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) – a grouping of the EU’s chief privacy regulators - on Meta’s plan to charge for privacy, the European Commission has opened an investigation that we hope will cast light on the unlawfulness of Meta’s so-called ‘Pay or Okay’ model, which has become the ‘talk of the town’ in Brussels.

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April 23, 2025 · Press mentions | Information democracy | Platform regulation

Commission slams Apple and Meta for breaching the Digital Markets Act, doesn’t stick the landing with fines

The European Commission has shown some teeth with the EU’s digital rulebook by slamming tech giants Apple and Meta with fines, and an order to stop the infringing behaviour. While we commend the strong stance, we're concerned about whether the low fines will actually lead to change of behaviour from the tech giants.

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March 6, 2024 · Blogs | Information democracy | Alternatives to dominant digital services | Freedom of expression online

Meta must act: stop the systematic censorship of Palestinian voices

Meta’s continuous censorship of Palestine-related content in times of war is a systematic issue that the tech giant must immediately address. Access Now’s new report, It’s not a glitch: how Meta systematically censors Palestinian voices, delves into how the company silences the voices of Palestinians and those advocating for their rights on Facebook and Instagram.

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May 31, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Cross border access to data

€1.2 billion GDPR fine for Meta over US mass surveillance

Today, a decade-long (2013 - 2023) case on Meta's involvement in US mass surveillance has led to a first direct decision. Meta must stop any further transfers of European personal data to the United States, given that Meta is subject to US surveillance laws (like FISA 702). The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) had largely overturned the Irish Data Protection Commission's (DPC) decision, insisting on a record fine and that previously transferred data must be brought back to the EU.

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August 8, 2023 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Online tracking industry / AdTech

Meta pledges to ask EU users for consent before showing behavioural ads

In a surprise announcement last Tuesday, Meta made the long overdue promise to finally ask its users for their consent before showing them behavioral ads – at least if they live in the European Union, EEA or Switzerland.

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April 15, 2025 · Blogs | Information democracy | Platform regulation

Civil society files DSA complaint against Meta for toxic, profiling-fueled feeds

Civil society organisations Bits of Freedom, Convocation Design + Research, European Digital Rights (EDRi), and Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF) are filing a complaint against Meta for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA).

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January 20, 2025 · Blogs | Information democracy | Disinformation and electoral interference

Meta and X are going rogue. Here is what Europe should do now.

With Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and many other tech billionaires cuddling up to an ever more authoritarian Trump administration, it is crucial that the EU sticks to stringent enforcement of its tech laws. However, to solve the core problem, we have to curb the immense grip Big Tech has on our institutions and invest in truly independent digital alternatives.

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March 7, 2024 · Blogs | Open letters | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards

Open letter: Digital rights advocates unite against Meta’s “Pay or Okay”. Privacy and data protection are NOT for sale

In response to three Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) requesting a European Data Protection Board (EDPB) opinion on Meta's 'Pay or Consent' approach, Access Now, the EDRi office and other EDRi members have united in an open letter urging the Board to reject these subscription-based approaches unequivocally.

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March 15, 2023 · Blogs | Open internet and inclusive technology | Freedom of expression online

Case challenging Meta’s arbitrary removal of Polish NGO’s accounts finally in court

The first court hearing in the case between a Polish NGO and Meta took place before the Warsaw District Court on 7 February 2023. The hearing was conducted almost four years after the organisation sued the internet giant for deleting its accounts and groups without a prior warning or an explanation.

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