Court rules EU must drop strict curbs on Facebook MarketplaceThe appeal before the EU's General Court in Luxembourg regarded the platforms' designation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), one of seve...
03 Jun, 2026, 01.45 PM IST
Google, Meta, TikTok hit by EU consumer complaints about handling of financial scamsThe move highlights growing pressure worldwide on Big Tech to do more to address the negative impacts of social media, particularly for chi...
22 May, 2026, 12.37 AM IST
Google, Meta, TikTok hit by EU consumer complaints about handling of financial scamsBig Tech firms Google, Meta, and TikTok face complaints in Europe. Consumer groups allege these platforms fail to stop financial scams. Use...
21 May, 2026, 08.21 PM IST
Meta loses court fight over compensation to Italian publishersMeta Platforms has faced a significant setback in Europe as the EU's highest court mandated that they pay publishers for utilizing snippets...
12 May, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
TikTok challenges EU 'gatekeeper' status at Europe's top courtTikTok is fighting its EU 'gatekeeper' status in court. The company argues it does not meet the strict criteria set by the Digital Markets ...
12 May, 2026, 03.21 PM IST
Meta to expand tech safeguards for teens in Europe, US Facebook usersMeta Platforms is enhancing safety for young users. New protections for teen accounts are coming to 27 European Union nations and Facebook ...
05 May, 2026, 07.00 PM IST
EU rules reining in Big Tech will now target cloud services and AI, regulators sayThe European Union is expanding its Digital Markets Act to cover cloud and artificial intelligence services. This move aims to ensure faire...
28 Apr, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
Meta to halt political advertising in EU from October, blames EU rulesMeta's announcement echoed Alphabet unit Google's decision announced last November, underscoring Big Tech's pushback against EU rules aimed...
25 Jul, 2025, 08.19 PM IST
Apple fined $570 million and Meta $228 million for breach of EU lawThe sanctions follow a year-long investigation by the European Commission, the EU executive, into whether the companies comply with the Dig...
23 Apr, 2025, 03.49 PM IST
Meta Platforms to use social media posts from Europe to train AIMeta Platforms plans to incorporate social media content from Europe to train its generative AI models using Llama large language models. N...
10 Jun, 2024, 09.36 PM IST
Meta challenges EU over content moderation law feesThe European Commission last year put Meta's Facebook and Instagram on a list of "very large" online platforms that face tougher rules unde...
08 Feb, 2024, 09.14 AM IST
Threads countdown teases app's potential EU launchMeta-owned Instagram launched Threads in the United States and elsewhere in July but EU users cannot access the platform because the compan...
11 Dec, 2023, 10.31 PM IST
Meta appeals against EU gatekeeper status for Messenger, MarketplaceAs part of its latest crackdown on Big Tech, the EU in September picked 22 "gatekeeper" services, run by six of the world's biggest tech co...
15 Nov, 2023, 10.45 PM IST
Meta may allow Instagram, Facebook users in Europe to pay and avoid adsThose who pay for Facebook and Instagram subscriptions would not see ads in the apps, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonym...
02 Sep, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
German antitrust watchdog can add privacy breaches to Meta probe, EU court saysThe case before the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concerns a 2019 German cartel office order to Meta to st...
04 Jul, 2023, 02.14 PM IST
Court rejects Meta's challenge against EU antitrust requests for informationOn May 22, Meta was fined $1.3 billion by the European Union and given a deadline to stop shipping users’ data to the US after regulators s...
24 May, 2023, 01.49 PM IST
EU court rules against Meta over German consumer body challengeThe federation alleges that Meta infringed rules on data privacy, unfair competition and consumer protection related to free games by third...
28 Apr, 2022, 05.49 PM IST