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Meta investigated over suspected EU online content breaches


Meta investigated by the European Commission who have opened formal proceedings as they believe Meta has breached DSA.

The investigation has been launched as the Commission suspects “them [Meta] to be in breach of DSA obligations regarding deceptive advertising and political content, and to fail to provide researchers, journalists and election stakeholders with real-time monitoring tools and effective mechanisms to flag illegal content,” said Thierry Breton, the Commissioner for Internal Market. The EU has also highlighted the non-availability of an effective third-party real-time civic discourse and election-monitoring tool ahead of the elections in the European Parliament. Heading straight into a regional newsroom, after graduating with a BA (Hons) degree in Journalism, Sophie started by working for Reach PLC.

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