Meta's Facebook, Instagram face EU charges illegal content notification systems
By Matthew Newman* ( September 26, 2025, 14:26 GMT | Insight) -- Meta"s Facebook and Instagram face preliminary charges from EU regulators as early as next week that they haven't fulfilled duties in the EU's content-moderation law to set up easy-to-use systems to notify illegal content, MLex understands. The EU probes into Meta"s services and other US tech companies have drawn attention from US politicians, who have claimed that the EU law amounts to censorship. Meta Platforms' Facebook and Instagram face preliminary charges from EU regulators as early as next week that they haven't fulfilled duties in the EU's content-moderation law to set up easy-to-use systems to notify illegal content, MLex understands....
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