The European Union has been fined for breaking its own data protection laws after a court forced it to pay €400 (£335) to a German citizen for transferring his data to the US.

President-elect Trump should push back on efforts in Europe and other countries to crack down on the US tech industry, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

The EU court said the bloc's executive authority violated a citizen's rights by transferring some of his personal data to the U.S. without proper safeguards.

European Union privacy regulations require data shared outside of the bloc to have the same level of protection as inside the EU.

The social media giant will let some users browse eBay listings on its Facebook Marketplace platform after the EU ruled that the link between its classified-ads service and flagship social network undermined competition.

Mark Zuckerberg has asked President-elect Trump to stop EU imposing fines Meta CEO compared GDPR and antitrust fines to tariffs on US companies Request comes after Facebook and Instagram move to replace fact checking services with community notes Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called on President-elect Donald Trump to stop the European Union from levying fines against US companies for violating the bloc’s anti-trust,

Meta is to start displaying eBay listings in its own Facebook Marketplace platform, in an effort to appease European regulators.

Meta says it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service. It's trying out a possible way to resolve European Union charges of anticompetitive behavior.

The EU ordered Meta to stop tying its classified-ads service to Facebook's sprawling social media platform in November 2024.

The European Union has told France its plan for slower deficit reduction next year is still within the bloc’s rules, handing Francois Bayrou ’s government a reprieve in its battle to repair creaking public finances.

New EU regulations call for Google to include fact-checking results alongside Google and Youtube searches. Google is refusing to meet the guidelines.

Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years late on Thursday, upsetting both rights groups and the European Union which called on the government to maintain its de facto moratorium on the death penalty.