5 Countries Where You Have to Pay for Facebook

Producer: Priyanka Das Editor: Manuj Yadav

Meta is finally going to charge a fee for Facebook and Instagram users.

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The company has confirmed the new monthly fee for these users in the EU countries.

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Meta is making these changes to comply with the new EU regulations which doesn't allow the company to serve ads to users

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Meta claims showing ads helps the company to help other businesses grow.

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So if users in these five countries want to stop seeing ads on Facebook and Instagram they can pay a monthly fee.

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Users have to pay EUR 9.99 on the web, while those signing up on mobile pay EUR 12.99 every month.

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Meta says that free users will not see any changes to their experience on Facebook and Instagram.

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Meta is unlikely to bring these plans for users in India anytime soon.

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