EU, Meta agree to July stress test on EU online content rules

Meta and the European Union (EU) have agreed on a stress check in July on the EU’s on-line content material guidelines, following EU trade chief Thierry Breton’s demand that the social media platform act instantly over Meta’s content material concentrating on kids.

“Productive discussion with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park on EU digital rules: DSA, DMA & AI Act,” Breton mentioned in a tweet, including that 1,000 Meta staff are engaged on the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Breton had earlier in June mentioned that Meta must exhibit the measures it plans to take to adjust to European Union on-line content material guidelines often known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) after Aug. 25 or face heavy sanctions.

The DSA bans sure forms of focused commercials on on-line platforms comparable to these meant for kids or once they use particular classes of non-public information, comparable to ethnicity, political beliefs and sexual orientation.

Meta didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.

(Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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