The ruling strengthens publishers’ bargaining position and could encourage similar legal and regulatory moves elsewhere in Europe.

Meta is now going aggressive in improving its artificial intelligence experience on social media, particularly in Europe, as the company has announced that it will now start collecting user data in the region. The company will now start to notify EU users ...

LONDON — European Union regulators have threatened to force WhatsApp parent Meta Platforms to reverse a move that they say effectively limits the AI chatbots of rival companies from accessing the messaging app. Meta's attempt to resolve the bloc’s ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. tech giant Meta and Chinese-owned social media app TikTok breached their legal obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data, the European Commission said in preliminary findings of an investigation released on Friday.

The owner of Facebook and Instagram has lost a legal battle with an Italian regulator that had forced it to compensate publishers for using snippets of their articles, after a European court sided with the regulator.

The European Union on Wednesday alleged Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta violated the bloc’s law by not doing enough to prevent children from accessing Facebook and Instagram. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch,

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Meta Platforms will end political, election and social issue advertising on its platform in the EU in early October, blaming legal uncertainties due to new EU rules on political advertising, the U.S. social media company said on Friday.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday said Meta and TitTok had breached their transparency obligations after an investigation that could result in billions of dollars in fines. Silicon Valley county sues Meta, alleging it made billions from scam ...

The commission said if the preliminary findings of its probe are confirmed, Meta could face fines as high as 6% of its global revenue.

This week the EU doubled down on Meta and TikTok's addictive design. Here's what that means for your feed, your data, and your kids.