New Delhi, June 11 -- The setting that let Facebook and Instagram users disconnect their shopping history from their accounts will disappear next month, replaced by a narrower control that does not offer the same protection. Meta announced the change Tuesday, framing it as a simplification. What the company did not emphasize is which countries will not be affected: the European Union, the United Kingdom, Brazil, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, South Korea, Turkey, Ecuador, and Thailand are all excluded from the rollout at launch.

its national privacy law - came into full enforcement in 2021. Meta told The Wall Street Journal that the change will go into effect in the United States and other countries with "more countries to follow," but a ...