Meta has decided to stop serving political, electoral and social advertising on its platforms in the European Union rather than be subject to upcoming regulation.

Meta Platforms will ban political, electoral, and social issue ads in the EU starting October, according to the AFP. The social media giant cited “unworkable requirements” under the bloc’s new transparency law.

Meta on Friday said it will be forced to ban political advertising on its platforms in the European Union from October because of rules the Facebook and Instagram owner called "unworkable".Against this uneasy backdrop,