The European Commission announced an investigation into Meta's handling of political advertising on its Facebook and Instagram platforms on Tuesday ahead of the June 6-9 EU elections.
EU officials are concerned that the US technology company's handling of political content risks undermining the democratic process of the European Parliament elections.
Fears are rife that deliberately misleading content from outside actors could interfere with the fairness of the European elections.
The probe is taking place under the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA), an online content moderation law.
The powerful EU legislation requires large platforms like Meta's Facebook and Instagram to manage the risk of their services harming the electoral process, among other things.
