Digital censorship and content removal by Meta in the EU

Question for written answer E-002118/2025/rev. 1 to the Commission Rule 144 Tom Vandendriessche (PfE) Subject: Digital censorship and content removal by Meta in the EU Over the last few years, a number of citizens and movements in the EU have reported that social media pages have been unilaterally removed or blocked by large tech concerns, including Meta (Facebook/Instagram). In many instances, that is done with no clear statement of reasons, in an untransparent process and with no scope for redress. Recently, a Flemish activist publicly shared that Meta removed not only the main communication page of his group (which has more than 40 000 followers), but also a separate page given over to recreational nature walks in Flanders. In view of this: What does the Commission think about the increasing reports of content removal and page blocking by Meta in the EU, especially when such action appears to be targeted at particular ideological or political opinions? Submitted: 27.5.2025 PE774.823v02-00