Brussels probes Google-Meta secret ads deal targeting teens, FT reports
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 10, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 10, 2024
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

EU regulators are investigating a secret Google-Meta ad deal targeting teens, raising concerns over online privacy and advertising practices.
(Reuters) - European regulators have asked Google for more information about a secret advertising partnership with Meta, which ignored the search company's own rules on how minors should be treated online, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
Officials have been looking into a series of ad campaigns promoting social media platform Instagram to teenagers, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
(Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh; Editing by Savio D'Souza)
The main topic is the EU investigation into a secret advertising deal between Google and Meta targeting teenagers.
The EU is investigating due to concerns that the ad deal ignored Google's rules on treating minors online.
The investigation was reported by the Financial Times.
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