The European Commission demanded on Friday that Meta provide more detailed information on measures to combat child sexual abuse material on Instagram by December 22, otherwise this content risks becoming the subject of an official investigation.
This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to Reuters.
In October, the European Commission requested information on measures to be taken against the spread of terrorist and violent content; In November, he made another request for measures to protect minors.
“The EC also requested information about Instagram’s recommendation system regarding the distribution of potentially harmful content,” the European Commission said in a statement. said.
The request was sent in accordance with the law EU On Digital Services, which sets out new rules requiring big tech companies to do more to combat illegal and harmful content on their platforms.
Failure to appropriately respond to such requests may result in government investigation and fines.
Chinese conglomerate ByteDance’s TikTok and Elon Musk’s X social network have also received similar requests for information.