Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pressing U.S. trade officials and the Trump administration to push back against an expected EU antitrust ruling that could undermine the company’s ad-based business model.
The Wall Street Journal reports that in a bid to protect Meta’s lucrative advertising business, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is calling on the Trump administration to intervene against an impending EU decision that could force significant changes to the company’s operations in the region. The expected EU ruling relates to whether Meta should be required to give Facebook and Instagram users the option to access these services for free without seeing personalized ads, a move that would strike at the heart of Meta’s primary revenue stream.
According to people familiar with the conversations, Meta executives have been urging U.S. trade officials to take a strong stance against what the…
