Meta (Facebook & Instagram)Open
Elections, advertising & data access
Deceptive/political advertising and disinformation, the lack of an effective real-time election-monitoring tool (CrowdTangle deprecation), notice-and-action, and researcher data access. Note: deceptive ads are charged as a systemic risk (Arts. 34/35) — Art. 39 (the Ad Library) is NOT in scope.
- Art. 14(1)
- Art. 16
- Art. 17(1)
- Art. 20
- Art. 24(5)
- Art. 25(1)
- Art. 34
- Art. 35
- Art. 40(12)
- Formal proceedings opened
On Facebook & Instagram: deceptive advertising and political content, the CrowdTangle deprecation ahead of EU elections, notice-and-action and researcher data access. Source ↗
- Preliminary findings
Meta preliminarily in breach of transparency obligations: inadequate researcher data access (Art. 40) and a notice-and-action/appeal mechanism using "dark patterns" (Art. 16). Announced jointly with the TikTok findings. Source ↗