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Yeah, the sites themselves are going to either block Norway or turn off the ads for them. An overwhelmingly large portion of the internet uses targeted ads. This isn’t just a Facebook thing. For example, Google has an ad engine that runs on nearly every commercial website. This will take some work to comply with and I can see a lot of sites blocking Norway in the meantime.
Just because most companies do it, doesn’t mean it’s ok.
It’s not about targeted ads based on information provided by the user of the service. If you have read the article you would know that they are banning behavioral advertising.