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This last point is the key observation.


Meta just lost a court case against bits of freedom in the Netherlands, because their instagram setting to turn off the attention grabbing feed would reset every month or so. The court ruled that this infringed on the user’s freedom.

Source: https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/court-tells-meta-to-give-du...


Dutch newspaper Trouw also reported that their ad was rejected multiple times by Meta. After inquiry into this they found it was because it was about sustainability and hence considered “a political ad”.

(Paywalled) Source: https://www.trouw.nl/cultuur-media/advertenties-over-armoede...


Unpaywalled link: https://archive.is/VBqs7

This reeks of malicious compliance to me.


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