Meta to suspend political advertising in the EU as transparency law looms | Social Media News

The social media giant follows Alphabet, Google’s parent company, which made a similar decision in November.

Meta will suspend political and social issue advertising on its platforms in the European Union starting in October.

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company announced the new policy change on Friday, citing legal uncertainty about the bloc’s new rules on political advertising.

The Silicon Valley-based social media giant is following in the footsteps of Alphabet, Google’s parent…