Did you know Turkey Threatens Meta with Fines Over Noncompliance in Account Suspensions

 

Another day means another fine for Meta, based on recent statistics. The tech giant is now facing pressure from Turkey for not complying with local orders of account suspension from government authorities.

The report was first shared by media outlet Politico, which mentioned how Meta might be hit with a major fine for not complying with the actual removal orders. The government of Turkey shared how questionable accounts on social media were sharing data that led to violence. Most of it had to do with misinformation that arose after the arrest of prominent politician and Mayor Ekren. He is known for being a competitive rival of the current President Erdogan.

Meanwhile, the parent firm of Facebook shared how the company was fined for not complying with these requests. However, it chose to remain silent and not speak on what the penalty could be.

The news comes after Meta is looking to get assistance from American President Trump to push back fines that it feels continue to punish American tech giants for no reason. The list for opposition is plenty.

Remember, Meta received a fine from Italian government officials for tax violations. This fine went up to $ 960 M. Meanwhile, the Irish Data Commission rolled out another fine of $263M linked to data breaches from 2017. Then the EU punished Meta with another $842M fine for using this scale to pump up the company’s marketplace. So as a whole, the fines are crossing $2B for the company in just a short span of time.

The hits continue to rise with authorities in Australia getting help to change News Bargaining Codes to ensure Meta keeps paying local publishers. Then EU regulators are now seeking to get more fines for violating the law and breaking anti-trust laws.

The hits are major, and Meta is definitely in the right to oppose many of the punishments being thrown in its direction. Most of them are designed to hinder its market share that has been growing for a while now.

Mark Zuckerberg hopes that by making an appeal to Trump, it could provide the company with the right kind of power for bargaining. It’s all backed by the American government in showing opposition to different penalties.

We’ve already seen the White House taking on a stronger stand for American businesses. At the month’s start, the company’s newly appointed chairman for the FCC showed open criticism for the DSA that holds great power in the EU. He slammed the law as incompatible with the country’s freedom of speech.

Then in the past month, we saw JD Vance share his own criticism of EU laws linked to AI innovation. Again, Trump similarly backed him up and threatened to tax EU imports for unfairly punishing US tech firms.

Therefore, Meta getting complete support from the Trump administration might be a great way for it to save the wrath of the EU in terms of fines. This is why you’ll see a lot of mingling of Mark Zuckerberg with top government officials.