AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -A Dutch court on Tuesday gave Meta Platforms until the end of the year to provide Facebook and Instagram users with a simpler way to opt out of algorithmically curated timelines — the kind that show recommended content based on user profiling.

The District Court of Amsterdam earlier this month had given Meta two weeks to make the changes, saying elements of the design of both platforms were not in line with the European Union’s Digital Services Act.

The act is intended to give users more control over how content is presented to them and how their data is used.

The court ordered Meta to offer users a “direct and simple” way to opt out of a timeline with recommended content.

It also ruled that users’ choices for a chronological or other non-profiled timeline must rem

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