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Meta announced it will stop selling political, electoral and social issue advertising across its platforms (Facebook, Instagram, and Threads) in the European Union starting in early October 2025[^1][^2].

The decision comes in response to the EU's new Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising (TTPA) regulation, which takes effect October 10, 2025. Meta called the rules "unworkable," citing "significant operational challenges and legal uncertainties"[^2].

The TTPA requires platforms to:

  • Label political ads with transparency information
  • Disclose who paid for ads and their costs
  • Show which elections or referendums ads target
  • Maintain ads in a public database
  • Follow strict conditions for user targeting[^3]

Companies face fines of up to 6% of annual global revenue for violations[^2]. Google made a similar move in late 2024, also announcing it would stop serving political ads to EU users before the rules take effect[^4].

Meta emphasized that users can still discuss politics and politicians can share content "organically" on its platforms - they just cannot use paid advertising to amplify their messages[^2].

[^1]: Bloomberg - Meta to Stop Selling Political Ads in the EU, Citing Regulation

[^2]: AP News - Meta will cease political ads in European Union by fall

[^3]: Euronews - Meta halts political advertising in the EU due to 'unworkable' rules

[^4]: Economic Times - Meta to halt political advertising in EU from October

 

Credit -Ben Jennings

 

The German car manufacturer Volkswagen has said Donald Trump’s US import tariffs have cost it more than £1bn in the first half of the year.

Volkswagen said it had made strong progress realigning the company, which is considering cutting 35,000 jobs by 2030, but that it had suffered a €1.3bn (£1.13bn) “decline in operating result primarily due to high costs from increased US import tariffs”.

The company has also reduced its profit margin range to be between 4% and 5% for the year, based on an assumption that tariffs of between 10%, at best, and the current 27.5%, at worst, will be made permanent by the US president.

 

South Park co-creator Trey Parker had the briefest of responses on Thursday to anger from the White House over the latest season premiere, which showed a naked Donald Trump in bed with Satan.

“We’re terribly sorry,” Parker said, followed by a long, deadpan-comic stare.

 

Separately, Reuters reported that Elon Musk’s Starlink systems used by Ukrainian military units were down for two and a half hours overnight, a senior commander said, part of a global issue that disrupted the satellite internet provider.

Starlink experienced one of its biggest international outages on Thursday when an internal software failure knocked tens of thousands of users offline, the agency reported.

The commander of Ukraine’s drone forces, Robert Brovdi, later said the incident had highlighted the risk of reliance on the systems, and called for communication and connectivity methods to be diversified.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Lol, I just made a meme the other day on this from a parents perspective

Welcome to the club! Have fun printing the night away lol

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 43 points 17 hours ago

Aww yea, the Threadiverse is in the big leagues now!

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 25 points 17 hours ago

Do you WANT restricted access‽ Better do what the ~~scamm~~ legit support person wants!

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Goat simulator 3

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, Chuck Mangione was the third :(

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I think your instance might be a tad behind on federation, I had fixed it like within a minute after posting lol

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago

In fact, forget the app

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Ż̵̢̥͚͈̰͈̾́̂̓͠i̶̟͌̽̈́̀̐ó̵̹͒̐n̴̟͍̙̘͑̽̐̀͝͠͝i̶̙̳̱̼͋̂͆̔͝ͅs̷̨̰̻͍̞̀̀̅͜t̴̨̍ in zalgo seems rather fitting 😂

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Somebody's grandma is gonna buy that for their grandson and the cycle will continue

Ţ̷̡͎̞̬͓̖̪̩̏̽̋̒͠͝h̸̫̰̼̋̎͜͝ë̷͓̩̾̋̃͗̇̚ ̵̢̛̺̜̗̙͈͉̲̙̽̉̍̐͜c̴͚̅̕y̴̪͇͉͇̫̤̖̜̙͆̽̏͒̈́̉̾̄́͑c̵͚̥̗͚̝̻̩̩̀̐̄͆̂̍̿͂̏̋ͅl̵̹̲͉̗̭͙͌͆͑̒̿͑̑̔͌e̸̡̡͔͍̜͍̦̘̣̥͋̐͗̂̈̔̑̌̀ ̵̼͉̜̙̞̍͑́̒͑̈̾͝͝Ṁ̶̲̞̘̣͈͛́͂̊̈̋U̷͇̣̫̭̤̾̆͌͂̕͝S̸̢̠͔̠̠̳̆͑̓͆̿̃͜͜Ṯ̷̢͔̙̩͉̌͒̂̚ ̶̨̯͚̠̫̹̰͆̓͒̋ć̷̛̫̘͂̂́̆̃͜ȏ̸̡̘͕͈͖͍̝̈́̏̓̇̇͘͝n̸̛̖̻͚̻̩̗̦̦̿͆̏̓̋̕t̷̯͌̋͗͌̃̍͑i̷̛̟̠̪̲̦̳͌́̀̋͒͠n̵̻̰̫̮͇̄̂͋̽̇̌͝ű̶͕̤̣̪̞͎̜̦̄ę̷̯̤͍͗̀̊ ̸̲̲̮̿̽̕͝t̵̢͔̜̰̩̼͒͗̍h̷̢̛̪̩̖͖̬̝̼̑͋̑̍͌̿͝͝r̴̼̀̉͑̽̐̈́̔͘͜͝ͅö̵̼́͐͝ư̵̫̟͙̞̰̥̗̈́͛́͘̚g̵̫̳̔͠h̸̨̖͙̥̆̈̀̾̏̆͊͝ͅ ̶̢̖̰̥̙̦̪͔̅͐͑̾̉̈́̆̕͜͝ͅţ̶̻͙͔͎͉͐̈̊̓͒̈́̀̕͝ĥ̸̡̧̻̫͔̙͓̝͉͂͊̓͝e̸̢͎̜̙̅̍͐̊̎ ̸͇͕̱̜́ͅg̵̡̡̤̠̪̼̠̹̱̙̓e̵̢̡͙̞̟̯̩̳̼͐n̶̳̭͂͋̀́̌͌͘̕é̵͚̙͖͈̜̌́͌̿͋͑̕͝ͅr̷̛̮̱͉͔̓̌̈̎̾͝͝a̷̰͙̘̜̜̩͍͗t̴̢̞̱̗͔͖̙́̄͗͌̕i̷̳̹̞̥̞̿̾̈́̄͝o̸̠̼̱͓͔̮̲̲̍̔͠ń̵̨̡̘̗̘̩̤̤̝̒̌̿ͅs̵̛̖̫͕̩̬̩̩̍̋̎͆̉̓͌̚͝ ̷̲̖̐̊̈̆̾͊̄̆͠f̵͎̯̹̜͉̝̽͌͛ó̴̡̱̱͈̳͎̥̂̄̐̒͛̈́r̷̢͙̝̺͗̉͐̕̚ͅ ̷̡̒̆̈́a̵̡̞̲͛͗̌l̵̫͕̔̇̂͐͝͠l̷̤̖̝̣̺͎͠ ̷̗͇̜̗̩̾̽͊̈́̅̈́̈́͘͝͠ë̷̡͓̫͍̩̗̗̙͇͔̍̈́̀͑͠ẗ̵͈̫̫͖̰̣́̑̔͊̑̓e̷̜͋̐̍͆̀̚r̴̘̅̒̒̆̐̀̒̿͘n̴̨̪̘͍͙͓̟̜͔̐̊͊i̸̧̩̕t̶̡̢̘̪̫͖̩̝̺͈̿̂̉y̴̧̙͙̩̲͈͐

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 25 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/10/27/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis/hogan-sees-no-stinking-nazis-in-here-00185757

Donald Trump’s campaign teased some surprise guests at tonight’s rally and the first one is former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, who wore a Trump tank top, red and yellow boa and held an American flag as he walked out on stage. “Usually when I’m at MSG I’m bodyslamming giants,” said Hogan. “The energy in here is something like I’ve never felt.”

“You know something Trumpmaniancs, I don’t see no stinking Nazis in here,” he said, referring to the infamous 1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden. “We know Trump is the only one who can fix America today.”

I have 0 sympathy for anyone of influence who helped Drumpy get elected

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

AND they're easily frozen, good for long term storage!

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