Meta in EU crosshairs for suspected tech rule breaches

Meta Platforms ' Facebook and Instagram have failed to tackle deceptive advertising and disinformation in the run-up to European Parliament elections, the European Commission said today as it opened an investigation into suspected breaches of EU online content rules.

The Digital Services Act, which kicked in last year, requires Big Tech to do more to counter illegal and harmful content on their platforms or risk fines of as much 6% of their global annual turnover. Meta, which has more than 250 million monthly active users in the European Union, defended its risk mitigating process.

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