EU probes Meta for killing tool that enables real-time election monitoring

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The European Commission today accused Meta of violating rules related to deceptive advertising, political content, and election monitoring. The owner of Facebook and Instagram "may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA)," the EU government body said in a press release.

"The Commission suspects that Meta does not comply with DSA obligations related to addressing the dissemination of deceptive advertisements, disinformation campaigns...