EU to probe Meta over handling of Russian disinformation

The European Union is set to open a probe into Meta’s Facebook and Instagram as soon as Monday over concerns the social media giant is failing to do enough to counter disinformation from Russia and other countries. Photograph: David Paul Morris/BloombergThe European Union is set to open a probe into Meta’s Facebook and Instagram as soon as Monday over concerns the social media giant is failing to do enough to counter disinformation from Russia and other countries.

EU officials also fear that the company’s mechanism to let users flag illegal content is not easily accessible or user-friendly enough to comply with the EU’s Digital Services Act, the bloc’s landmark legislation designed to police content online.‘Since Covid, I am even more conscious of not buying processed food’The law, approved in April last year, includes measures to force platforms to disclose what steps they are taking to tackle misinformation or propaganda.

The commission is expected to give Meta five working days to say what it will do to mitigate the situation or threaten the social media group with measures under the DSA, the people said. The commission did not reply to a request for comment. The timing of the announcement can still shift, the people said.

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