“The fine of EUR 120 million for violating EU regulations is a clear signal that online platforms cannot cheat users. – commented Dariusz Standerski, Deputy Minister of Digitization.
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“X also gave blue verification ticks to accounts that cheated users or were fake. In the European Union, users should be protected against fraud. This is a long-awaited decision of the European Commission,” admitted the deputy minister.
After the EC's decision, Donald Trump's administration did not hide its outrage. Secretary of State Marco Rubio assessed that the punishment not only targets Platform X, but also US users and tech companies, emphasizing that “the days of censoring Americans on the Internet are over.”
Meta Platforms at Karol Nawrocki. Topics include: EU regulations
The topic of EU regulations regarding American technology giants was one of the most important issues discussed at the Presidential Palace on Monday. As reported by the president's office, “Today, at a meeting at the Presidential Palace, Karol Nawrocki received a delegation from Meta Platforms (formerly: Facebook; a company owned by Mark Zuckerberg – editor's note) headed by Kevin Martin, president of global policy“.
From the announcement we learn that the guests' conversation was also attended by, among others: directors for public policy in Central and Eastern Europe and for policy planning, and on the host side – the head of the international policy office, Marcin Przydacz, and the spokesman for the President of the Republic of Poland, Rafał Leśkiewicz.
“The topics of the conversation included: supporting innovation in Poland, EU regulations and artificial intelligence, the future of IT” wrote the law firm on the X platform.
Meta Platforms complains about EU regulations. What's the problem?
Meta Platforms (including the owner of Facebook and Instagram) has repeatedly expressed its dissatisfaction with EU regulations in recent months, criticizing in particular the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA). The main problem for Meta is that these regulations interfere deeply with its core business model based on personalized advertising and data processing.
The company believes that EU requirements to obtain user consent to combine personal data for advertising purposes, under a pay-or-consent model, are incorrect and inconsistent with previous EU court rulings. Meta claims that the European Commission is ignoring the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which allegedly allows such a choice model.
Additionally, Meta has encountered problems bringing its artificial intelligence (AI)-based products, such as Meta AI Assistant, to the EU market, arguing that EU data transparency and privacy requirements are too restrictive, unpredictable and could stifle innovation in the region. Requests to share data with scientists are also criticized, which Meta considers excessively burdensome procedures.
Due to controversial regulations on the transparency of political advertising, the company decided to suspend their publication on its platforms in the EU from October 2025, considering the regulations unenforceable. Currently, Meta is also questioning some decisions to designate its services (e.g. Messenger) as “gatekeepers” under the DMA.
