European lawmakers are calling for an investigation into Meta after the mass suspension of accounts posting about anti-government protests in Albania, in what observers believe is a coordinated brigading attack.
\n\n“What happened in Albania is tantamount to censorship,” said MEP Alexandra Geese in a statement. She is one of more than 30 Members of the European Parliament who signed a letter asking the European Commission to investigate whether Meta's actions complied with the EU's Digital Services Act.
\n\n“Mark Zuckerberg’s understanding of ‘freedom of speech’ only seems to cover opinions that align with the political agenda of the Trump administration. This is precisely why we have European rules,” she added.
\n\nThe “Flamingo Revolution” protests, initially sparked by the development of a luxury resort linked to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, have been taking place daily in the Albanian capital for over three months, demanding changes in the law that allows development on protected land as well as the resignation of the country’s prime minister. The Meta account suspensions almost all appear to be the result of copyright complaints and appear to have begun in late August.
\n\nAn NGO group investigating the Meta suspensions alleges to WIRED it has evidence that “strongly…
Original source: https://www.wired.com/
