- Explainer video on Meta's bypass (from December 2022) - Original complaints by noyb from 2018 - Previous reporting on first information on the EDPB decision (Reuters) Key Facts: - Two complaints filed by noyb on behalf of an Austrian and Belgian user on May 25th, 2018 (the day the GDPR became applicable) were decided today.- In December 2022, the EDPB overturned a previous draft decision by the Irish DPC that took the view that Meta's bypass of the GDPR was legal.Meta tried to bypass the consent requirement for tracking and online advertisement by arguing that ads are a part of the "service" that it contractually owes the users.The DPC has previously asked for € 28 to 36 million in a draft decision (see page 87 here), only 10% of the now final EDPB ruling."It is rather pathetic if the DPC now claims that other authorities agreed on a minor transparency issue.This would have just needed to change some text on the Meta website."