After US Settlement, EU Says Meta Must 'Protect Our Kids Too'
Brussels wants Meta to match U.S. safeguards, including an automatic nighttime block and a two-hour daily cap, or face fines under EU law.
- On Thursday, the European Union demanded Meta address "addictive" features on its platforms, following the tech giant's $16.7 billion United States settlement that imposed strict usage limits for teenagers on Facebook and Instagram.
- Last month, the European Commission found Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act , ordering the company to propose safety measures for children across the 27-nation bloc.
- Brussels identified specific platform risks including endless scroll, highly personalized feeds, and automatic video playback, with European Commission spokesman Thomas Regnier stating the EU is probing "exactly the same suspicions" as the U.S. case.
- Meta stated it disagrees with the findings but will engage "constructively" on the matter, while Brussels warned that failure to address concerns could result in fines of up to six percent of the company's total worldwide annual turnover.
- EU chief Ursula von der Leyen recently received expert recommendations to restrict social media access for children, with a formal legal proposal expected later this year following her keynote speech on September 16.
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The European Commission is asking Meta to provide children and adolescents in the European Union with at least the same level of protection on Facebook and Instagram that the company has agreed to introduce in the United States, where adolescents will have a cumulative limit of two hours per day on the two platforms and access will be blocked during the night. "The ball is in the field of Meta", the European Commission transmitted on Thursday, f…
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Following its out-of-court settlement in the United States, the EU Commission has asked the American company Meta to introduce youth protection measures on Facebook and Instagram in Europe as well. The UN has even called for a worldwide takeover of the changes by all providers.
The European Union demands that Meta implement measures in Europe to protect children following the agreement reached by the company in the United States.
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