Meta says it will turn to Trump if the EU continues

“Daaaaaaaad, Europeans choose me again!”

Well, this is not a direct quote from Meta Global Affairs Chief Joel Kaplan, who speaks at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday, but it’s not far away.

According to BloombergKaplan jumped to Europe to inform political leaders there, “will not deviate” from the inclusion of President Donald Trump if he continues to face repression in the hands of the European Union. Kaplan is reported to have told the audience that it depends on the Trump administration to decide whether EU penalties against US technology companies are unfair, but it will not be afraid to creak if necessary.

“When companies are treated differently and in a way that is discriminatory against them, then this must be emphasized for the state government of this company,” Kaplan said during a conference panel, of BloombergS “While we want to work within the laws that Europe has adopted and we will always do, we will point out when we think we have treated unfairly.”

Met has certainly been in the EU view, accumulating More than $ 3 million fines for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and faced Investigation This claims that he has failed to protect the minors on his platform. Earlier this month Meta announced it will open its market on Facebook Platform for third -country competitors in the EU after antitrust fine. Then again the Meta can simply stop maintaining monopolistic control over platforms and violate the laws if it does not want to cope with the consequences. Just a free idea for Zuckerberg and the band.

The most remarkable thing is to signal a new posture when it comes to international regulators. The company has certainly expressed its dissatisfaction with the penalties that it has encountered in the past and has come so far that dispute some. But now he is trying a new strategy: he threatens to cry to Trump.

This is not the most surprising move. Zuckerberg has been cozing before Trump since he started doing well before the 2024 election. After Trump Zuk’s victory, he made a point to come down and Visit it at Mar-A-Lagostarted Changing Platform Modoring Policy be more favorable to Trump’s agenda and elevationLong -time Republican political operational.

Trump also gave some early signs that he could withdraw in trying to punish US companies like Meta. While speaking At the World Economic Forum last month, the President said the EU should not fine US companies by calling it a “tax form” and saying “we have very big EU complaints.”

Met appears to have lifted this message and carries it forward, making it a warning against regulators that may be considering doing their job. Certainly there can be no this, especially not at the expense of Meta.