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Facing charges of "censorship" from both Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the EU will need its full legal arsenal, and political will aplenty, to stand up to U.S. Big Tech once Donald Trump is back.

Social media giant Meta on Tuesday slashed its content moderation policies, including ending its U.S. fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, in a major shift that conforms with the priorities of incoming president Donald Trump.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced it will terminate its third-party fact-checking program in favor of a community-driven model similar to the Community Notes feature on X, formerly Twitter.

Online shopping platform Skroutz has obtained a temporary injunction in an Athens court against Meta Platforms over the misuse of its trademark and logo in bogus advertisements on its Facebook and Instagram sites.

Greek online shopping platform Skroutz has obtained a temporary injunction in an Athens court against Meta Platforms over the misuse of its trademark and logo in bogus advertisements on its Facebook and Instagram sites.

Meta, owned by Mark Zuckerberg, donated $1 million to a fund supporting events for Donald Trump’s inauguration.

According to the Financial Times, this marks the first time Zuckerberg has made such a donation. In the past, Donald Trump had accused the company’s platforms of censoring right-wing voices and even threatened Zuckerberg with imprisonment.

Australia will force Meta and Google to pay for news shared on their platforms under a new scheme unveiled on Thursday, threatening to tax them if they refuse to strike deals with local media.

Traditional media companies the world over are in a battle for survival as precious advertising dollars are hoovered up online.

Thousands of users of Meta services, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, are experiencing major disruptions worldwide.

Messaging apps have frozen, with pages either failing to load or users unable to post updates.

Specifically, more than 42,000 Instagram users report issues with viewing posts.

Türkiye's Competition Board has terminated an investigation into Meta regarding data-sharing between Threads and Instagram.

The competition authority launched the probe in December last year.

Australia's prime minister on Nov. 7 vowed to ban children under 16 from social media, saying the pervasive influence of platforms like Facebook and TikTok was "doing real harm to our kids."

The tech giants would be held responsible for enforcing the age limit and face hefty fines if regulators notice young users slipping through the cracks, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.