Regulators suspect that Meta does not prevent the mass distribution of political advertising, which itself risks undermining the electoral process.
The European Union is set to investigate Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, raising concerns that the company is not doing enough to counter disinformation coming from Russia and spreading widely in the run-up to the election. The Financial Times writes about it.
EU regulators suspect that Meta’s moderation is superficial, which will not prevent the proliferation of political advertising, an excess which threatens to undermine the EU’s electoral process.
It is expected that in the statement being prepared by the European Commission, Russia will not specify in a separate paragraph only the manipulation of information carried out by foreign entities will be mentioned.
In addition, EU officials fear that the company’s proposed mechanism for allowing users to flag illegal content is not fully accessible to users or does not fully meet user needs and does not comply with the EU Digital Services Act (DMA).
The Commission intends to launch an investigation based on a report provided by Meta in September on how it dealt with disinformation risks on its platform, as well as the EU’s own assessment.
We remind you that Meta previously announced the elimination of a network of fake accounts based in China. Bots publish controversial content about aid to Ukraine.
Source: korrespondent
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