Meta Halts EU Political Ads Due to New Regulations | JQJO

Meta announced it will halt all political advertising across its EU platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Threads) from October. This decision cites the EU's new political ad transparency regulations as creating "unworkable" legal uncertainties and operational challenges. The rules, effective October 10th, mandate ad labeling, disclosure of funding sources, and strict targeting limitations. Meta's move follows a similar decision by Google, and the company emphasizes this affects only paid advertising, not organic political content sharing.