EC Probes Facebook and Instagram for Possible DSA Breaches
Meta may be violating the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) by failing to address deceptive advertising and political content, the European Commission said Tuesday. The EC is also concerned about Meta's decision, before the June European Parliament elections, to reduce…
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use of CrowdTangle. The tool enables researchers, journalists and civil society to conduct real-time election monitoring. Meta did not announce a replacement for CrowdTangle. The EC also suspects that Meta's mechanism for flagging illegal content on Facebook and Instagram, and its user redress and internal complaint systems, don't comply with the DSA. Meta, Facebook and Instagram were designated Very Large Online Platforms as they have more than 45 million monthly active users in the EU (see 2311100001). Meta has "a well-established process for identifying and mitigating risks on our platforms," said a spokesperson. The company will give the EC more details, he added. Opening formal investigations into Facebook and Instagram's compliance with the DSA, and the April 29 designation of Apple's iPadOS as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act are good news, Agustin Reyna, European Consumer Organisation director-legal and economic affairs, said in an email. These decisive EC actions show that the measures "must be complied with in an effective way."