Meta fined €100,000 in Germany for delay removing war criminal claims on Facebook
By Anna Lauwereys ( June 8, 2026, 10:46 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms has been fined €100,000 by a German court after it took more than two weeks to comply with an order to remove posts on Facebook which falsely accused a soldier of being a war criminal. Meta cited internal issues such as language barriers for the delay and argued the soldier had at most felt minor consequences.Meta Platforms has been fined €100,000 ($115,170) by a German court after it took more than two weeks to comply with an order to remove posts on Facebook which falsely accused a soldier of being a war criminal. ...
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