The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), which includes all the EU regulators, has ruled Facebook and Instagram (owned by Meta) can’t require accepting targeted ads as a condition of joining the network. If leaked details of the ruling are correct and this practice is deemed in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the decision would have broad impact well beyond Meta. This is because it would limit companies from using data they directly collect on their own site.

Morocco’s National Commission for the Control of the Protection of Personal Data (CNDP) has launched “Koun3labal,” a platform designed to help raise awareness of privacy risks particularly to women and children in Morocco and Africa. The platform provides guidance as well as resources and games to help educate through engagement. This is part of an ongoing effort by the CNDP to protect private data, including entering into recent partnerships internally in Morocco with other agencies and externally with the countries of Chad and Niger.