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Meta has confirmed previous rumors that it will begin offering ad-free subscription plans for both Facebook and Instagram in Europe starting in November to comply with recent regulations.

A few weeks ago, Microsoft said it would offer its Teams collaboration service as a stand-alone product in much of Europe, but the European Union reportedly still plans to file a formal complaint.

Apple and Microsoft have reached out to the European Union to defend their position in regards to iMessage and Bing respectively, to ensure they don't end up on the regulator's 'gatekeeper' list.

Microsoft says that this decision is designed to address the concerns of the European Commission, which has started a formal investigation of the company's bundling of Teams in other services.

TikTok has announced a whole raft of updates that it's going to introduce for users in the European Economic Area. The flagship change is that users will be able to disable the For You feed.

The EU Commission has fined Valve, Bandai Namco, Capcom, and other publishers for geo-restricting their games inside the EU Digital Single Market where these restrictions are not allowed.