The EU said Thursday it expects Meta to address "addictive" features of its platforms in Europe, after the tech giant agreed to sweeping limits on teen use of Facebook and Instagram in some US states.
The European Commission last month found Meta to be in breach of its Digital Services Act (DSA), one of several laws aimed at reining in Big Tech in the 27-nation bloc, ordering it to propose ways to make its platforms safer for children.
European Commission spokesman Thomas Regnier said the EU has had new "exchanges" with the firm since the landmark settlement in the United States, which he said Brussels had been following "very closely".
"The ball is in Meta's court," Regnier told reporters. "Meta knows what we are expecting from them. Now it is for the company to offer these commitments in the European Union to protect our kids here too."
Regnier noted the commission was probing Meta "for exactly the same suspicions" as those raised in the US case, and was in dialogue with the company to secure "at least equally good protection for our kids here in the European Union."
