EU to warn Twitter and Facebook to stick to rules

Brussels: European Union justice commissioner Didier Reynders will travel to Ireland on Thursday to meet executives from Twitter and Facebook’s owner Meta and remind them of their responsibilities under EU rules.

Sources in Reynders’s office told AFP he would be in Dublin on Thursday and Friday and will meet both big tech and Irish officials, including Justice Minister Helen McEntee.

The social media giants’ EU operations are based in Ireland, and Brussels is worried that a wave of job losses will undermine their content moderation and data protection standards.