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EU opens disinformation probe into Facebook owner Meta
The EU is worried about foreign influence in the run-up to European Parliament elections in June
The EU is probing whether Facebook owner Meta is complying with its disinformation obligations, just weeks ahead of the European Parliament elections and amid a slew of MEP spying scandals.
The European Commission opened two formal investigations into Facebook and Instagram on Tuesday under its flagship Digital Services Act, which allows EU regulators to intervene directly for “very large” online platforms. It said the probes were based on a preliminary investigation dating back as far ...
