Just because The Guardian intentionally didn't mention the regulations or role they might play and you want to be pedantic about their existence doesn't mean there aren't any.

Businesses are allowed to and routinely comply with regulations to their best ability even if it wasn't as intended based on the act of the regulator/government.

For ex:

[1] https://efa-net.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/META_EU_Update...

[2] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/transpare...

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dgellow 4 hours ago | parent [-]

You’re the one who mentioned it was in the article.

Have you read that regulation? Because I did, and it’s not any form of ban on political advertising

	▲	ericmay 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It wasn't in the article. Ok we can move past that now. You can ban something by requiring excessive compliance with a regulation that is unobtainable or very unprofitable. The Guardian failed to even mention the regulation or what may have motivated Meta's actions.