Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk accuse the EU of protectionism and censorship, urging Donald Trump's administration to intervene. The European Commission defends its right to enforce EU regulations concerning digital giants.

US tech moguls will take ring-side seats for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th US president today, but the new mandate is set to test Europe's regulation of the tech sector. View on euronew

Lawmakers want the European Commission to resist potential Trump pressure to soften rules that rein in U.S. tech giants.

The technology world has embraced Donald Trump, with many CEOs seeing opportunities in his 'America First', anti-regulation policies, reports Work and Technology Correspondent Brian O'Donovan.

According to The New York Times, Zuckerberg met with Trump adviser Stephen Miller in late November and was told by Miller that he could help America, but on Trump’s terms. Miller said that Trump was taking on diversity, equity, and inclusion principles, as well as cracking down on immigration.

Zuckerberg has called on Trump to protect US companies from EU fines – following Meta's moderation policy reversal last week.

BRUSSELS — Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg was not telling the truth when he said the European Union was institutionalizing censorship, the bloc’s top tech official said.

The EU on Wednesday rejected Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg's charge that the bloc engaged in "censorship" with its tech regulations, a day after the online giant slashed its content moderation policies in the United States.

He complained on the world's biggest podcast that in the last 10 years "people started pushing for ideologically based censorship."

Inc. META CEO Mark Zuckerberg's accusation of censorship has been firmly denied by the European Commission. What Happened: On Wednesday, the European Commission dismissed claims by Meta that EU ...

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 ... so, Zuckerberg added. Last July, the EU ...

Meta is to get rid of fact checkers, loosen rules on hate speech and “push back” against Europe and other regulatory bodies that try to “censor” content through their own laws, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.