By November, there’s a good chance your Instagram and Facebook will present you with a dialogue box. To continue using the app, you may be asked to either consent to the use of personalised ads or pay a subscription fee.  This is on the cards because of the General Data Protection Rules (GDPR). Up to this year, Meta had relied on a particular reading of the GDPR to allow it to offer personalised ads. Meta had relied on terms of service, the dense legalese everyone skims and accepts when setting up on a new service, to comply with GDPR.  Late…

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