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MEPs urge EU to act against Meta over protections for children online
European lawmakers are urging the European Commission to force Meta to change the “addictive” design of its platforms in Europe, arguing that children in the European Union should receive protections…
New body to handle disputes between EU users and Facebook, TikTok, YouTube
An independent Appeals Centre in Dublin will resolve social media policy violations, emphasizing impartiality, user choice, and fair application of content policies.
Zuckerberg says Biden administration pressured Meta to censor COVID-19 content
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said senior officials in the Biden administration had pressured his social media company to censor COVID-19 content…
Facebook removes 63,000 accounts in Nigeria over ‘sextortion’ scams
Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 Facebook accounts in Nigeria that attempted to engage in financial sexual extortion…
UPDATED: Facebook, Instagram back up after global outage
Updated 1930 Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram were back up on Tuesday after a more than two-hour outage that was caused by a…
Norway says Facebook owner faces EU ban on targeted advertising
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The European data regulator has agreed to extend a ban on "behavioural advertising" on…
Meta loses as top EU court backs antitrust regulators over privacy breach checks
Meta Platforms on Tuesday lost its fight against a German data curb order that strikes at the heart of its business model…
Facebook given record $1.3 billion fine, given 5 months to stop EU-US data flows
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its…
UPDATED: Meta explores changes to ad policies in Europe
March 30 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc META.O is exploring changes to its policies around personalized and political advertising for users in…
Facebook, Insta to test monthly subscription service
Meta Platforms on Sunday announced that it is testing a monthly subscription service, called Meta Verified, which will let users verify their…