President Trump criticized the European Union (EU) on Wednesday for levying hefty fines against the world’s biggest tech firms, calling it a “form of taxation” against American companies.

The social media giant may have softened its rules allowing subscribers to Facebook and Instagram to get no ads, but users still aren’t getting a fair choice, BEUC argues. View on euronews

President-elect Trump should push back on efforts in Europe and other countries to crack down on the US tech industry, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

META PLATFORMS REVISED PAID AD-FREE SERVICE MAY STILL BREACH EU PRIVACY, CONSUMER LAWS, CONSUMER GROUP SAYSCONSUMER GROUP URGES EU REGULATORS TO ACT AGAINST METAMeta Platforms' revised no-ads subscrip

Social media giants including X and Facebook have agreed to step up efforts to tackle hate speech in the EU, the bloc said yesterday as its digital rules

Meta's Facebook, Elon Musk's X, Google's YouTube and other tech companies have agreed to do more to tackle online hate speech under an updated code of conduct that will now be integrated into EU tech rules, the European Commission said on Monday.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is launching a crusade against what he sees as the downsides of social media. The Socialist leader wants the European Union, which

BRUSSELS (AFP) — Social media giants including X and Facebook have agreed to step up efforts to tackle hate speech in the EU, the bloc said Monday as its digital rules face scrutiny with Donald Trump's return to the White House. Instagram, TikTok and ...

Other signatories to the voluntary code set up in May 2016 are Dailymotion, Instagram, Jeuxvideo.com, LinkedIn, Microsoft hosted consumer services, Snapchat, Rakuten Viber, TikTok and Twitch

US President Donald Trump blasted European Union regulators for targeting Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platforms Inc., describing their cases against American companies as “a form of taxation.

In July 2024, EU antitrust regulators charged Meta for violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA). They argued that its paid ad-free service presented a binary choice for users.