Action of the European Commission against Facebook and Instagram

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Di Presse” newspaper, the European Union Commission has reopened the case of Meta company (the parent company of Facebook and Instagram). This case is about the possible violation of the “Digital Services Act” and EU data protection laws. Filling Europe with Putin’s ideology with the help of disinformation campaigns has had consequences for Meta (mother of Facebook and Instagram). The European Commission wants to investigate possible violations of its rules by this company. Here comes the issue of meta management with political ads. The company is said to have failed to prevent the spread of targeted misinformation, particularly from Russia.

The commission targeted the so-called doppelgänger campaign According to Brussels, the campaign, imitating well-known and reliable news sources, flooded the Internet with propaganda content in support of the policies of Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia.

European Commission It said in a statement that the Digital Services Act (DSA) investigation will examine Meta’s policies and practices in relation to misleading advertising and political content in the run-up to June’s European elections. Of course, Russia was not specifically mentioned.

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Union Commission, said in a statement: According to the EU rules, technology companies must not publish content avoid dangerous, otherwise they will face heavy fines. He emphasized: This commission has created tools to protect European citizens from false information and targeted manipulation by third countries.

Meta has five working days to respond to the concerns of the European Union before continuing this process.

Last year, the European Commission against X (former Twitter) in a similar case investigating the management of the Elon platform Musk started with illegal content and misinformation, especially in relation to the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7. It investigates the doubt and the preliminary evaluation of the reference still does not show the final result. The commission said it would continue to gather evidence, for example through interviews. Additionally, the EU Commission could theoretically accept meta-privileges.

In October, EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton told Facebook about content Too much distortion on this platform in connection with the European elections warned. Burton wrote that he wanted to know immediately the details of Facebook’s measures to prevent fraud, including in light of the upcoming elections in the European Union. The European Parliament will be re-elected in the summer.

Brussels has been fighting the growing influence of tech companies since the digital services law came into effect last year, and has launched an investigation into The case of social network sites Tiktok and X (former Twitter) has started. TikTok bowed to pressure from the European Union last week, halting the new feature after the commission asked the platform for answers about a rewards feature in its new app.

The European Union also suspects that Facebook and Instagram may reduce the visibility of content in recommended feeds of political content from accounts that publish large volumes of such content and not be transparent with users about this, which would be a violation of the Digital Services Act. .

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