The European Commission will fully enforce its rules governing social media and other large online platforms and has not delayed any actions, the EU digital chief said on Wednesday.

Mark Zuckerberg warns that 5% of Meta workforce is going to be cut; and "low performers" will be targeted first.

Zuckerberg has called on Trump to protect US companies from EU fines – following Meta's moderation policy reversal last week.

The European Commission said on Friday it was stepping up its investigation into whether Elon Musk's social media network X breached EU rules on content moderation with requests for information and an order for it to retain relevant documents.

Comparing the bloc’s antitrust penalties to tariffs, the Meta boss argued that Brussels is “screwing with” American industry.

BRUSSELS — Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg was not telling the truth when he said the European Union was institutionalizing censorship, the bloc’s top tech official said.

Ireland looks set to be included in a new round of layoffs by Meta, which is to get rid of 5pc of its staff. The news, first reported by Bloomberg, was sent to staff in a memo by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld Congress’s ban on TikTok, marking the end of the popular video-sharing platform’s presence in the United States.

But that was before Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House and before two of today's tech titans – Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg – were essentially handed carte blanche to declare war on the EU’s digital defences.

British and European lawmakers have long had issues with American dominance of the internet. The MAGA-fication of Big Tech, of which Elon Musk

Google will not be adding fact checks to its search results or YouTube videos in Europe, flouting an EU law that requires it