Meta to Let European Users Opt Out of Some Highly Personalized Ads

Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to let European users of Facebook and Instagram opt out of certain highly personalized ads as part of plans to limit the impact of a European Union privacy order, according to people familiar with the planning. Under the plan, Meta will allow EU users to choose a version of its services that would only target them with ads based on broad categories, such as their age range and general location — without using, as it does now, data such as what videos they watch or content they click on inside Meta’s apps, the people said.