Meta Redesigns and EU Courts Challenge Platform Immunity
July 15, 2026
European regulators and courts are dismantling the 'neutral host' defense, threatening Meta with multi-billion dollar fines for addictive design while redefining copyright liability for local AI models. As Alberta's provincial leadership aligns with Silicon Valley interests, these legal ruptures in Brussels expose a widening gap between corporate non-disclosure mandates and the public demand for algorithmic accountability.
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Instagram and Facebook will likely require a redesign after EU rules they’re ‘addictive’
Meta is in breach of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), a preliminary investigation has found, over the "addictive" design of Instagram and Facebook. It's likely to be forced to redesign both apps and could face a fine of up to $12 billion. The European Commission said Meta "did not adequately ass…
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Why an EU ruling about a traffic app could have major implications for big tech companies
Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock Many of the biggest online platforms have long argued they aren’t publishers of the content their users upload, merely hosts. The likes of Google, YouTube, Meta and TikTok claim they simply store and display information created by others, so should not be seen as…
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Is Europe Getting AI Wrong?
When Europe 2031 was published in June, it set off an immediate debate in Brussels and beyond. The fictional near-future scenario authored by a group of AI researchers argues that Europe risks economic and political irrelevance if it fails to compete at the frontier of AI development. Within days of…
- AI governance
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- structural power
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Premier Smith’s Warm Embrace of Meta
Not a word about the tech behemoth’s harm to kids. One disgusted jury awarded $375 million in damages.
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Meta’s Pursuit of the 'Careless People' Author Is Relentless and Self-Defeating
Yes, Sarah Wynn-Williams violated her deal to stay silent. But the power disparity bolsters the view that Meta is a heartless bully.
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How The Spread Of Local AI Models Makes Copyright Enforcement Harder
The central theme of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) is the growing incompatibility between traditional copyright law and the digital, online world. The culmination of that process was the EU Copyright Directive, passed in 2019. The Directive was supposed to be transposed i…
- media and technology
- AI governance
- structural power