{"id":73,"date":"2025-02-18T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/?p=4291690"},"modified":"2025-02-18T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:00:42","slug":"meta-to-take-eu-regulation-concerns-directly-to-trump-says-global-affairs-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tecnoartesanos.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/meta-to-take-eu-regulation-concerns-directly-to-trump-says-global-affairs-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta to Take EU Regulation Concerns Directly to Trump, Says Global Affairs Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meta is prepared to escalate its concerns over what it sees as unfair European Union regulations directly to U.S. President Donald Trump, according to its global affairs chief. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Joel Kaplan said that the company \u201cwon\u2019t hesitate\u201d to seek intervention if it believes E.U. policies discriminate against U.S. tech firms.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Meta challenges E.U. oversight<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u201cWhen companies are treated differently and in a way that is discriminatory against them, then that should be highlighted to that company\u2019s home government,\u201d Kaplan said during a panel discussion, as per Bloomberg<\/a>. \u201cWhile we want to work within the confines of the laws that Europe has passed \u2014 and we always will \u2014 we will point out when we think we\u2019ve been treated unfairly.\u201d<\/p>\n

In recent years, the EU has intensified efforts to rein in big tech, safeguard digital rights, and enforce stricter data privacy laws. Meta, whose business model hinges on data collection for targeted advertising, has repeatedly clashed with these regulations.<\/p>\n

Meta \u2014 which owns Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads \u2014 has been slapped with upwards of \u20ac2 billion in fines for breaching the region\u2019s antitrust and data protection rules, which include GDPR<\/a>, the Digital Markets Act<\/a>, and the Digital Services Act<\/a>. This total includes a record \u20ac1.2 billion penalty in 2023<\/a> for mishandling user data transfers between Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n

SEE: <\/strong>EU Fines Meta Nearly \u20ac800 Million for Facebook Marketplace Practices and Advertising Data Violations<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>Tech giants push back<\/span><\/h2>\n

Meta is not alone in its concern. In September 2024, representatives from Meta along with Spotify, SAP, Ericsson, Klarna, and more major firms signed an open letter<\/a> urging Europe regulators to address \u201cinconsistent regulatory decision-making\u201d and unpredictable compliance demands.<\/p>\n

President Trump has previously criticised the EU for its regulatory stance against Apple, Google, Meta, and other U.S. tech firms. At the World Economic Forum in January<\/a>, he said \u201cthey\u2019re American companies, and they shouldn\u2019t be doing that,\u201d and that \u201cit\u2019s a form of taxation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vice President JD Vance took aim at European governance of social media activity during his speech at the Munich conference, referring to it as \u201cdismissing voters\u2019 concerns, shutting down their media\u201d and \u201cthe most surefire way to destroy democracy.\u201d He also disparaged Europe\u2019s use of \u201cexcessive regulation\u201d<\/a> at the Paris AI Summit last week.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Meta\u2019s changing approach<\/span><\/h2>\n

Kaplan, a Republican strategist who replaced Nick Clegg as Meta\u2019s policy lead after Trump assumed office, framed social media regulation as a direct challenge to free speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want misinformation,\u201d Kaplan said, according to Bloomberg. \u201cPeople have different perspectives of what is misinformation and what is not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, Meta revealed that it was discontinuing its third-party fact-checking program<\/a> in place of a \u201cCommunity Notes\u201d system, allowing users on its platforms to add context to posts they believe are misleading. It said it would relocate its content moderation teams from California to Texas to \u201chelp remove the concern that biased employees are overly censoring content.\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/span>Regulatory standoff on AI<\/span><\/h2>\n

Beyond social media and data privacy, Meta has also clashed with the E.U. over AI regulations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In June 2024, it delayed the training of its large language models<\/a> on public content shared on Facebook and Instagram after regulators suggested it might need explicit consent from content owners. As a result, Meta AI, its flagship AI assistant, has still not been released within the bloc due to its \u201cunpredictable\u201d regulations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kaplan indicated that Meta would not be signing the E.U. \u2018s voluntary General-Purpose AI Code of Practice<\/a> due to be published at the end of April<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>EU stands firm<\/span><\/h2>\n

Despite Meta\u2019s pushback, E.U. officials remain resolute. Teresa Ribera, the E.U. \u2018s Commissioner for Competitiveness, told Reuters<\/a> that decisions on whether Meta has complied with the bloc\u2019s rules will not be delayed from next month as a result of pushback. She also said that U.S. authorities should \u201center the negotiating table\u201d and not resort to \u201cbullying.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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