Meta remains part of a broader debate on taxes, regulation, and the operation of social networks following Monday's survey by the Fair Tax Foundation. In the United Kingdom, two-thirds of respondents supported raising the two-percent digital services tax for large technology companies, including the owner of Facebook and Instagram. ekonomika.pravda.sk ↗
Attention is also shifting to child safety and content control. An investigation in India found that Instagram displayed paid advertisements promoting material linked to child sexual abuse. On Tuesday, the European Parliament in Strasbourg backed a procedure to decide on Thursday, under an urgent regime, on extending the exemption for voluntary communication scanning, which expired in April. e15.cz ↗
New information also adds to the debate on age verification on social networks. According to a study, the world's first restriction on social media for children, in Australia, is running into weak age verification, as online platforms allowed the creation of 50 user accounts without verification. This reinforces questions about whether Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and other services can practically enforce rules to protect minors. Le Monde ↗
Meta is also facing pressure over artificial intelligence and pricing policy. Mark Zuckerberg is not satisfied with progress in the development of AI agents, and the layoff of 8,000 employees has so far apparently failed to bring the expected results, according to available information. In Austria, the company is raising advertising prices by five percent because of the local digital tax, and for smart glasses it reportedly plans to charge a monthly fee of 20 dollars for a feature that was previously available without a separate subscription. Der Standard ↗
Further developments will depend on the response of regulators, users, advertisers, and investors. Pressure on Meta is thus expanding from taxes to child safety, artificial intelligence, data, and the monetization of features. ekonomika.pravda.sk ↗
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