MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Meta social media platforms – E-000526/2025

Question for written answer  E-000526/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Kathleen Funchion (The Left), Lynn Boylan (The Left)

Meta social media platforms, such as Instagram, have begun to hide search results for hashtags such the ‘#TheLeft’. This coincides with Meta social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, announcing that they will cease fact-checking, thus allowing harmful and untrue content to circulate.

Given the gravity of these new policies:

• 1.Can the Commission outline in detail what actions it intends to take to protect the freedom to be heard of legitimate political movements?
• 2.What actions will the Commission take to ensure that Meta does not permit the publication of false and harmful content on its platforms?

Submitted: 5.2.2025