Australia Enacts World-First Social Media Ban for Under-16s TEC News / AFP December 3, 2025 Canberra vows to shield children from “predatory algorithms” as YouTube warns the move will backfire.
Political Ads To Disappear From Major Social Media Platforms This Fall TEC News July 25, 2025 Meta blames an upcoming EU regulation requiring stricter transparency for political ads.
U.S. To Ban Foreign Nationals Who Censor Americans TEC News May 29, 2025 U.S. companies like Facebook and Meta have said the application of the Digital Services Act (DSA) by the EU amounts to censorship of their platforms.
Warsaw Warns of Outside Election Meddling TEC News May 14, 2025 Poland’s pro-Brussels government cries ‘foreign interference’ over Facebook ads.
Meta Content Moderator Jobs Slashed as 2,000 Laid Off in Spain TEC News / AFP May 5, 2025 The cuts follow Meta’s retreat from outsourced content policing.
Time to Fact-Check the Brussels Thought Police Gábor Szűcs April 28, 2025 While Mark Zuckerberg dismantles fact-checking on his platforms, the European Commission continues to enforce norms that penalize dissenting opinions.
Should We Have Faith in Zuckerberg’s Free Speech Conversion? Norman Lewis January 13, 2025 Freedom of speech online is too important to be left to the fickle attitude of a Big Tech titan.
European Election Interference: Facebook Restricts Chega’s Account Robert Semonsen April 15, 2024 Leader of Portugal’s Chega party condemns Meta CEO for political censorship, vows parliamentary and judicial action
Meta To Placate EU, Charge Users for Ad-Free Access Tristan Vanheuckelom October 5, 2023 Facebook and Instagram’s parent company tries to satisfy EU privacy law while maintaining its revenue.
Canada: Meta To Block News Access on Its Platforms Chris Tomlinson August 3, 2023 In light of the Canadian government’s legislation forcing social media giant Meta to pay for the news content they distribute, the company has decided to block news content in Canada on its platform.
