{
  "id": 16039710,
  "title": "Meta reports 18% YoY ad revenue growth in Europe for Q3, down from ~40% in Q1 and 24% in Q2, lagging the US and Canada, after rolling out Less Personalized Ads (Isabella Ward/Wired)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/meta-reports-18-yoy-ad-revenue-growth-in-europe-for-q3-down-from-40",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T11:20:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/metas-ad-sales-suffering-now-europeans-can-pick-less-personalization/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An earnings briefing on Wednesday revealed ad revenue has slowed since the European Union introduced the Less Personalized Ads models at the beginning of this year.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}