Post AwVNmi0yg2Wg0oMug4 by MattiSG@maly.io
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 (DIR) Post #AwVNmaLFCnz4DLmz9k by MattiSG@maly.io
       2025-07-25T17:52:01Z
       
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       🥳 It's a beautiful announcement to celebrate: Meta is ending political advertisement in 🇪🇺 in October 2025!!https://about.fb.com/news/2025/07/ending-political-electoral-and-social-issue-advertising-in-the-eu/These were already illegal in several #EU countries, and my team had found many illegal ones in 🇫🇷 back in 2019. Many ads were paid for by foreign actors. Micro-targeting within social media for political influence will still be abused, but that is a victory against #FIMI and for electoral integrity.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwVNmi0yg2Wg0oMug4 by MattiSG@maly.io
       2025-07-25T17:52:14Z
       
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       The pathetic, bitter wording of the wording that blames an EU regulation for being “left with an impossible choice” (ooh poor Meta and its $1.8 trillion market cap 😢) is just another demonstration that yes, #regulation does work and that once a business activity’s negative externalities on society are factored in the costs, some might become economically unsustainable. And from a European perspective, that's just a good thing 👌I'm happy to leave it to others to let money buy political outcomes.