Meta to ban political ads in EU due to incoming TTPA rules

Meta’s announcement follows a similar decision by Google last year. Both companies have criticised the incoming rules.

US tech and social media giant Meta has announced it will be banning all political, electoral and social issue ads across its platforms in the EU from October this year.

In a statement issued on Friday, the company said it was taking the drastic decision because of the “unworkable requirements

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