Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) has announced a ban on political, electoral, and social issue advertising in the European Union (EU) due to the "unworkable requirements" of the new rules.

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Meta Platforms will ban political, electoral, and social issue ads in the EU starting October, according to the AFP. The social media giant cited “unworkable requirements” under the bloc’s ...

"Meta is banning political ads in Europe to sidestep new regulations on ad targeting." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 28 Jul. 2025.

Meta will cease political ads in European Union by fall, blaming bloc’s new rules Under the regulations, which are set to take effect on Oct. 10, platforms will have to label political ads ...