Bangladesh, July 12 -- Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is once again at the center of a regulatory storm in Europe. The European Commission is reportedly preparing to impose daily fines of up to $22.5 million on the US tech giant over its controversial “pay-or-consent” model, a subscription-based framework that critics argue violates the spirit and letter of the European Unions Digital Markets Act (DMA). This escalating dispute underscores the deepening divide between European regulators and American tech firms over the future of digital privacy, user consent, and market fairness.

The controversy stems from a policy Meta introduced across the EU in November 2023. Under this model, users of Facebook and Ins...