EU Commission finds Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act
The EU Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached…
EU Code of Conduct on Disinformation: Signatories publish their latest reports
Signatories of the EU Code of Conduct on Disinformation, including major players, such as Google, Meta, Microsoft,and TikTok, published their…
Digital Markets Act: Gatekeepers publish updated compliance and profiling reports
The gatekeepers designated on 6 September 2024 - Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft - have to submit, by…
EU Code of Conduct on Disinformation becomes DSA compliance benchmark
Today, the EU Commission and the European Board for Digital Services endorsed the integration of the voluntary Code of Practice…
Digital Services Act: EU Commission and MEPs debate enforcement
After cases of interference by social media platforms into elections in Europe, the EU Commission and MEPd discuss how to…
ECR Group welcomes Meta’s commitment to overhaul content moderation
The coordinator of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group in the European Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs…
S&Ds urge Meta to uphold its digital responsibility to fight disinformation
Following Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that his social media platforms will no longer employ fact-checking, the S&Ds urge Meta to fulfil…
Meta’s Fact-Checking Exit: Strategic Pivot or Risky Gamble?
Meta’s bold move to replace third-party fact-checking with community notes is making waves. Is this a strategic play to boost…
Meta replaces 3rd party fact checking program by moving to community notes
Joel Kaplan, Meta's Chief Global Affairs Officer, discusses the company's revamped policies on fact-checking, misinformation, and hate speech. These updates…
Romania: EU Commission asks platforms and search engines to ensure election readiness
With the ongoing elections in Romania, the EU Commission has reaffirmed its commitment to enforce the Digital Services Act to…
Meta publishes progress and audit reports implementing the Digital Services Act
Meta has published a series of reports which track our compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA), including an independent…
Facebook Marketplace: EU Commission fines Meta €797.72m over abusive practices
The EU Commission has fined Meta €797.72 million for breaching EU antitrust rules by tying its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace to its…
Eurojust: Global investigation takes down malware targeting millions of people
A global operation, supported by Eurojust, has led to the takedown of servers of infostealers, a type of malware used to…
Coping with electoral disinformation campaigns: Online platforms deliver measure reports
Today, major online platforms and signatories of the Code of Practice on Disinformation--including Google, Meta, Microsoft, and TikTok--have published their fourth…
Digital Services Act: EU Commission sends request for information to Meta
The EU Commission is requesting Meta to provide more information on the measures to comply with its obligations to give…
Meta’s “pay or consent” model: EU Commission coordinates consumer protection authorities
The European Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network sent a letter following concerns that Meta's ‘pay or consent' model might breach EU…
DMA breach: EU Commission sends preliminary “Pay or Consent” findings to Meta
The EU Commission has informed Meta of its preliminary findings that its “pay or consent” advertising model fails to comply with the Digital Markets…
Europe’s next regulatory challenge: Meta’s apporach to the fediverse
So far, digital services exist in singular bubbles. Though some of them are really huge, their servers work independently. Fediverse…
Meta: EU Commission opens proceedings related to the protection of minors on Facebook and Instagram
The Eurooean Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether Meta, the provider of Facebook and Instagram, may have breached…
Using public statements for ads: EU Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-446/21 Schrems
A public statement by the user of a social network about his or her sexual orientation renders those data ‘manifestly…
Facebook and Instagram: EU Commission opens formal DSA proceedings
The suspected infringements cover Meta's policies and practices relating to deceptive advertising and political content on its services. They also…
Online platforms focus on elections in 3rd batch of disinformation reports
Today, the signatories of the Code of Practice on Disinformation, including major online platforms such as Google, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok,…
Digital Markets Act: EU Commission investigates non-compliance by Alphabet, Apple, Meta, and Amazon
Today, the Commission has opened non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) into Alphabet's rules on steering in Google Play and self-preferencing on…
DMA: Designated gatekeepers must now comply with all obligations
As of today, Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and ByteDance, the six gatekeepers designated by the Commission in September 2023, have to fully comply…
Digital Services Act: EU Commission sends information request to Meta
Today, the Commission has formally sent Meta a request for information (RFI) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission…
EU Commission sends request for information to Meta under the DSA
Today, the European Commission has formally sent Meta a request for information under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission…
EU Commission waives commitments made by Meta to obtain clearance of its acquisition of Kustomer
The Commission approved the transaction, subject to conditions, in January 2022. The waiver concerns Meta's obligations: (i) to maintain access to…
Protection of minors: EU Commission sends information requests to Meta and Snap
The European Commission has formally sent Meta and Snap requests for information under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission…
Information Society Services: EU Court Judgment in Case C-376/22 Google Ireland and others
In 2021, Austria introduced a law requiring domestic and foreign providers of communications platforms to set up mechanisms for reporting…
EU Commission sends request for information to Meta under the DSA
Today, the European Commission formally sent Meta a request for information under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission is…
Major online platforms report on first six months under the new Code of Practice on Disinformation
Today, the major online platforms which are signatories of the new Code of Practice on Disinformation of 2022 (Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok)…
EuGH-Entscheidung im Meta-Facebook-Verfahren: Reaktion des Bundeskartellamts
Der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) hat entschieden, dass das Bundeskartellamt im Rahmen von kartellrechtlichen Abwägungsentscheidungen auch datenschutzrechtliche Bestimmungen berücksichtigen darf. Das…
EDPB’s binding dispute resolution: € 1.2bn fine for Meta IE following Irish inquiry
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta IE) was issued a 1.2 billion euro fine following an inquiry into its Facebook service.…
Google and Meta display advertising: EU Commission closes investigation
The European Commission has decided to close its antitrust investigation into an allegedly anticompetitive agreement between Google and Meta for online...
Meta/Facebook: EU Commission informs Meta over abusive practices
Brussels, 19 December 2022 The European Commission has informed Meta of its preliminary view that the company...
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Internal Market Committee MEPs conclude visit to U.S. Silicon Valley
Brussels, 30 May 2022 Last week a delegation from the Internal Market Committee visited leading...
MEPs discuss global impact of the Digital Services Act with Frances Haugen
Brussels, 16 May 2022 The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee will examine the future...
Google and Meta: EU investigates possible anticompetitive conduct in online display advertising
Brussels, 11 March 2022 The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess...
Acquisition of Kustomer by Meta: EU Commission’s clearance subject to conditions
Brussels, 27 January 2022 The European Commission has today approved under the EU Merger Regulation...
EU data protection: WhatsApp has to inform consumers better about the use of data
Today, the European Commission and the network of national consumer authorities (CPC) sent a letter...
Facebook: Introducing Meta – A Social Technology Company
October 28, 2021 Today at Connect 2021, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Meta, which brings together...