WhatsApp won’t roll out ads in EU until 2026

Meta’s advertising plan has triggered privacy concerns in Europe.

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Meta said in the announcement that the new features are built “in the most privacy-oriented way possible,” and has emphasized that sharing of data between WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook will only happen when users have opted in to having their accounts linked.

So, not private at all.. "most privacy-oriented way" - The same way that users need to activate "advanced chat privacy" manually on every single chat while they roll out and embed their bug ridden AI.
- Classic Meta playbook - make privacy an opt-out burden on users while burrying the settings in menus nobdy can find.