Facebook and Instagram to charge UK users £3.99 a month for ad-free version

<p>Subscription service is Meta’s response to regulatory warnings over crunching users’ data to serve targeted ads</p><p>Facebook and Instagram users in the UK are to be offered advert-free versions of the social networks for up to £3.99 a month.</p><p>Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has responded to regulatory warnings about <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/22/meta-confirms-it-is-considering-charging-uk-users-for-ad-free-version">personalised adverts</a>, in which users’ data is crunched to produce targeted ads, by launching an ad-free subscription service.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/facebook-and-instagram-to-offer-paid-ad-free-service-uk">Continue reading...</a>