Meta 'won't shy' from calling Trump if EU digital rules target company

Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram owner will 'point out when we think we’ve been treated unfairly', says Meta global policy director

Meta will turn to the Trump administration to assess if future EU fines against US tech companies should be considered unfair.

Meta’s global policy director said the technology giant “won’t shy away” from taking up its case with US president Donald Trump if the European Union uses its digital rules to target Meta’s products.

Joel Kaplan, a longtime Republic strategist whom Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg installed as chief of global affairs after Trump’s re-election, told the Munich Security Conference it’s up to the Trump administration to assess whether EU fines against US tech companies should be considered unfair — but that Meta will make its case if it feels singled out.