AI Regulation Clash: Meta Challenges EU Guidelines, Signifying Global Policy Divide
This post signifies a growing divergence in global approaches to AI regulation, particularly between industry giants (like Meta) advocating for less stringent controls and governmental bodies (like the EU) pushing for more structured guidelines. This conflict creates opportunities for:
- Consulting/Advisory Services: Companies specializing in AI ethics, governance, and regulatory compliance will be in high demand.
- Public Relations/Lobbying: Tech companies will need robust PR strategies to shape public opinion and lobby policymakers.
- Legal Tech Solutions: Tools to help companies navigate complex and varied international AI regulations.
- Specialized AI Development: The emergence of AI models or platforms designed specifically to be "EU-compliant" or "privacy-first" to cater to these regulatory demands.
- Ethical AI Branding: Companies can position themselves by proactively embracing ethical AI principles, regardless of specific regulations, as a differentiator.
Origin Reddit Post
r/technology
Meta snubs the EU’s voluntary AI guidelines | ‘Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI.’
Posted by u/Hrmbee•07/21/2025
Top Comments
u/terivia
Good point. Let's all listen to Zuckerberg and pretend there's no conflict of interest or profit motive.
u/fbender
„The commission“ isn‘t homogeneous. You can trace certain initiatives back to individual commissar offices and/or lobbying organisations that have good access to those. That in itself is not
u/Outside_Ad_6278
The guidelines are so soft it’s ridiculous that they snob them
u/xondk
It is interesting how the wrong path is the less reckless one.
u/the_red_scimitar
But they want to weasel their way in, and they think AI will help.
u/ChanglingBlake
*the world.
Neither are anything but cesspits and echo chambers for…questionable world views anymore.
u/Superichiruki
The only good path for AI is the one that leads to the garbage dump
u/Hrmbee
Article highlights:
>“We have carefully reviewed the European Commission’s Code of Practice for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models and Meta won’t be signing it,” Meta’s global affairs chief
u/cedesse
I am not denying that the European Union is about 20 years behind when it comes to tech startups. Some would argue that they're only just about to start now. But until very recently, this are
u/ayleidanthropologist
Wish they’d take the same stance on privacy
u/Hrmbee
Article highlights:
>“We have carefully reviewed the European Commission’s Code of Practice for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models and Meta won’t be signing it,” Meta’s global affairs chief
u/recycledcoder
This reminds me of the Marquess of Queensberry Rules of boxing being described as the list of things the Marquess of Queensberry did not like others doing to him.
So Meta doesn't like the gu
u/Halfie951
The same as the Government boot?
u/Kingdarkshadow
Just a low karma troll account, what else.
u/proton_rex
I actually read (a summary) of these guidelines. They are about transparency, privacy, security and accountability. So it's utter bullshit that Meta argues that the EU is "down the wrong path
u/bomboclawt75
Meta is not on the side of humanity much less democracy.
u/adrianipopescu
neither does apple, on the intelligent bit
u/StoppableHulk
Came here to say exactly this.
Guy trying to poach AI researchers for ONE BILLION DOLLARS and BEING DECLINED BY MOST OF THEM is probably not the guy to trust with AI.
u/cedesse
They already do.
Deregulation of AI will only benefit / reward the big (non-EU) players that have already built their commercial AI engines based on stolen / llegally harvested data.
Anythi
u/Kurauk
My opinions on AI are never very welcome here, because I don't believe they are intelligent. They are scripts. But I completely agree! The way these AI's are heading isn't good for anything o
u/EmbarrassedHelp
The guidelines come from the same EU commission trying to pass Chat Control and other similarly terrible ideas.
They also tried to tack on last minute rules to the AI act, claiming chat bots
u/Kingdarkshadow
Just a low karma troll account, what else.
u/ConinTheNinoC
I think that both META and X need to be banned in the EU.
u/CanvasFanatic
Meta certainly doesn’t.
u/Halfie951
Because Government knows best right
u/morbihann
I dont remember a company ever making an altruistic decision.
u/ZgBlues
Good. We don’t need anything from Meta in Europe. Goodbye Zuck.
u/Halfie951
Because Government knows best right
u/Kingdarkshadow
Just a low karma troll account, what else.
u/Revolutionary-Bag-52
Due to the funding environment and a unified capital market? Dont get me wrong regulation often stunts growth compared to no regulation but growth will still happen. the really big difference
u/StoppableHulk
If Meta thinks its the wrong path, it's probably the right path.
u/OiMyTuckus
“Legal uncertainties”
or
What’s the limit on harvesting people in the most destructive manner possible?
u/StoppableHulk
If Meta thinks its the wrong path, it's probably the right path.
u/terivia
Good point. Let's all listen to Zuckerberg and pretend there's no conflict of interest or profit motive.
u/_Lucille_
This is going to be a pretty hot take: but there are some things to consider when we talk about regulation.
Tech is pretty much a no man's land: you cannot just regulate it within a region a
u/lookmeat
Honestly Meta is being silly, but so is the EU. AI ethics, legal-regulation, market-impact, near-future effect (i.e. next 50 years) all sounds a bit silly and unfounded. Like hearing a bunch
u/the_red_scimitar
"Wrong for META's short-term balance sheet"
u/bomboclawt75
Meta is not on the side of humanity much less democracy.
u/KreateOne
Yea “wrong path” as in “doesn’t let me milk this as much as possible before the bubble bursts”
u/mac2o2o
Fairly unhinged opinions, all without a hint of irony posting on Reddit.
Luckily, these people wont be decision makers in the world
u/umfabp
ikr. these boomer doomer have already fucked world enough.
u/morbihann
I dont remember a company ever making an altruistic decision.
u/ChanglingBlake
Any but the US.
Because at the moment, they might as well be one and the same.
u/tayroc122
Somehow I'm even more on the side of the EU now
u/gnatgirl
A large portion of the world outside of the US uses WhatsApp, a Meta product, to communicate. So while Meta is a vile company, a lot of people "need" them.
u/OReillyYaReilly
The EU loves to regulate more than it loves to innovate. The only sure outcome of these regulations is the innovation will be done outside of Europe, and Europe will be poorer for it
u/ConinTheNinoC
I think that both META and X need to be banned in the EU.
u/gnatgirl
A large portion of the world outside of the US uses WhatsApp, a Meta product, to communicate. So while Meta is a vile company, a lot of people "need" them.
u/Hapster23
That's a you problem
u/snowkarl
If that were true, why does the US totally dominate the market already?
u/ayleidanthropologist
Wish they’d take the same stance on privacy
u/the_red_scimitar
But they want to weasel their way in, and they think AI will help.
u/ChanglingBlake
*the world.
Neither are anything but cesspits and echo chambers for…questionable world views anymore.
u/Sweet_Concept2211
Ban Meta and their shitty chatbots pretending to be human.
Nothing good can come of a media platform where robots pretending to be humans interfere in public discourse.
u/xondk
It is interesting how the wrong path is the less reckless one.
u/ZgBlues
Good. We don’t need anything from Meta in Europe. Goodbye Zuck.
u/Yung_zu
With discretion.
Europe being self-sufficient is good, but Europe being splintered off from speaking to us while our suits play good cop/bad cop is really bad
Edit: don’t be the guy that
u/Superichiruki
The only good path for AI is the one that leads to the garbage dump
u/Minute_Attempt3063
Thing is, these tech giants just want to have free control of your data, to do whatever with it.
Fuck them, no, boycott them and just have them be fucking banned from Europe.
We can be with
u/OReillyYaReilly
The EU loves to regulate more than it loves to innovate. The only sure outcome of these regulations is the innovation will be done outside of Europe, and Europe will be poorer for it
u/McQuestion726
"EU is going down the wrong path. One AI declares it is 'Mecha-Hitler' and now we have to have 'regulations'? This is classism against the 1%."
u/BurningPenguin
Good luck with your oligarchs
u/Ruddertail
If Meta opposes guidelines or regulation, we can almost universally assume that the regulation is good and should be strictly enforced.
u/Hrmbee
Article highlights:
>“We have carefully reviewed the European Commission’s Code of Practice for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models and Meta won’t be signing it,” Meta’s global affairs chief
u/Economy-Action1147
good. China and the US needs to move on while europe is happily stuck in the past.
u/Minute_Attempt3063
Thing is, these tech giants just want to have free control of your data, to do whatever with it.
Fuck them, no, boycott them and just have them be fucking banned from Europe.
We can be with
u/CanvasFanatic
Meta certainly doesn’t.
u/Yung_zu
With discretion.
Europe being self-sufficient is good, but Europe being splintered off from speaking to us while our suits play good cop/bad cop is really bad
u/oimson
Insane opinion
u/the_red_scimitar
"Wrong for META's short-term balance sheet"
u/roggahn
Good riddance. We don’t need Meta in the EU.
u/the_red_scimitar
But they want to weasel their way in, and they think AI will help.
u/mayasky76
Oh come on..
It's almost as if you think rampant capitalism isn't the absolute best thing ever.....
I mean.... It's that or like literal hardcore communism..... Right.... Right?
u/magnetichira
Regulation before innovation
Sounds like a recipe for success
u/OReillyYaReilly
I live in Europe
u/xondk
It is interesting how the wrong path is the less reckless one.
u/StoppableHulk
Came here to say exactly this.
Guy trying to poach AI researchers for ONE BILLION DOLLARS and BEING DECLINED BY MOST OF THEM is probably not the guy to trust with AI.
u/swattwenty
Wrong path for AI but the right path for humanity. Fuck meta
u/RetoricEuphoric
Why does Meta care about Europe?
Europe doesn't need anything from META, META has zero added value.
u/Revolutionary-Bag-52
Due to the funding environment and a unified capital market? Dont get me wrong regulation often stunts growth compared to no regulation but growth will still happen. the really big difference
u/AlsoNotaSpider
I love how that coward disabled comments (except from connections) on his LinkedIn post.
u/McQuestion726
"EU is going down the wrong path. One AI declares it is 'Mecha-Hitler' and now we have to have 'regulations'? This is classism against the 1%."
u/umfabp
Europe is home of oligarchy 🪿
u/OiMyTuckus
“Legal uncertainties”
or
What’s the limit on harvesting people in the most destructive manner possible?
u/snowkarl
The EU has sadly evolved into an institution that only prohibits and enforces. Perhaps we would be better off if they tried to motivate and incentivized growth instead.
u/snowkarl
The EU has sadly evolved into an institution that only prohibits and enforces. Perhaps we would be better off if they tried to motivate and incentivized growth instead.
u/ChanglingBlake
*the world.
Neither are anything but cesspits and echo chambers for…questionable world views anymore.
u/spoilerdudegetrekt
All the big companies are against open source AI because it's the biggest threat to them.
Why would I subscribe to a corporate AI that's watered down when I can use an open source AI for fre
u/pope1701
If the past is not being dominated by billionaire oligarchs... Yeah, I'll stay there.
u/OReillyYaReilly
The EU loves to regulate more than it loves to innovate. The only sure outcome of these regulations is the innovation will be done outside of Europe, and Europe will be poorer for it
u/EmbarrassedHelp
I would caution against blindly trusting OpenAI. It wasn't that long ago that they were fighting against open source AI, after having previously benefited from it.
u/OReillyYaReilly
Good luck being poor and uninnovative
u/EmbarrassedHelp
I would caution against blindly trusting OpenAI. It wasn't that long ago that they were fighting against open source AI, after having previously benefited from it.
u/pope1701
If the past is not being dominated by billionaire oligarchs... Yeah, I'll stay there.
u/cedesse
They already do.
Deregulation of AI will only benefit / reward the big (non-EU) players that have already built their commercial AI engines based on stolen / llegally harvested data.
Anythi
u/Sweet_Concept2211
Ban Meta and their shitty chatbots pretending to be human.
Nothing good can come of a media platform where robots pretending to be humans interfere in public discourse.
u/CryptoJeans
If Nazi supporters say you’re on the wrong track, keep going.
u/Hapster23
That's a you problem
u/ChanglingBlake
Any but the US.
Because at the moment, they might as well be one and the same.
u/CryptoJeans
If Nazi supporters say you’re on the wrong track, keep going.
u/Hapster23
Openai agreed to it so I don't think it's that bad
u/Hapster23
Openai agreed to it so I don't think it's that bad
u/roggahn
Good riddance. We don’t need Meta in the EU.
u/Superichiruki
The only good path for AI is the one that leads to the garbage dump
u/oimson
Insane opinion
u/recycledcoder
This reminds me of the Marquess of Queensberry Rules of boxing being described as the list of things the Marquess of Queensberry did not like others doing to him.
So Meta doesn't like the gu
u/TaxOwlbear
If Zuck opposess them, the guidelines are probably good.
u/Yung_zu
Your low conviction will earn you another CCP Great Firewall
u/Ok-Cantaloupe-9946
Because corporations know better right?
u/Halfie951
Because Government knows best right
u/proton_rex
I actually read (a summary) of these guidelines. They are about transparency, privacy, security and accountability. So it's utter bullshit that Meta argues that the EU is "down the wrong path
u/snowkarl
If that were true, why does the US totally dominate the market already?
u/terivia
Good point. Let's all listen to Zuckerberg and pretend there's no conflict of interest or profit motive.
u/Ok-Cantaloupe-9946
Because corporations know better right?
u/AlsoNotaSpider
I love how that coward disabled comments (except from connections) on his LinkedIn post.
u/KreateOne
Yea “wrong path” as in “doesn’t let me milk this as much as possible before the bubble bursts”
u/OiMyTuckus
“Legal uncertainties”
or
What’s the limit on harvesting people in the most destructive manner possible?
u/Ruddertail
If Meta opposes guidelines or regulation, we can almost universally assume that the regulation is good and should be strictly enforced.
u/Guilty-Mix-7629
Anything that pisses of meta means it is probably pro-consumer and in this case, pro-humanity.
u/BurningPenguin
Coming from the people with the tent cities, and burning water
u/Outside_Ad_6278
The guidelines are so soft it’s ridiculous that they snob them
u/cedesse
I am not denying that the European Union is about 20 years behind when it comes to tech startups. Some would argue that they're only just about to start now. But until very recently, this are
u/RetoricEuphoric
Why does Meta care about Europe?
Europe doesn't need anything from META, META has zero added value.
u/ChanglingBlake
Any but the US.
Because at the moment, they might as well be one and the same.
u/fbender
„The commission“ isn‘t homogeneous. You can trace certain initiatives back to individual commissar offices and/or lobbying organisations that have good access to those. That in itself is not
u/tayroc122
Somehow I'm even more on the side of the EU now
u/pr1aa
WhatsApp has plenty of alternatives, so do Meta's other services. They don't own anything of actual importance unlike, say, Microsoft and Google so them abandoning EU would be a moderate inco
u/deceitfulillusion
Some of most of the open source AIs are amongst the most censored ones even running it offline and on local platforms. The Chinese AIs have the censorship problem and even Mistral has some we
u/tayroc122
Somehow I'm even more on the side of the EU now
u/Snakes_AnonyMouse
How do those corporate boots taste
u/swattwenty
Wrong path for AI but the right path for humanity. Fuck meta
u/McQuestion726
"EU is going down the wrong path. One AI declares it is 'Mecha-Hitler' and now we have to have 'regulations'? This is classism against the 1%."
u/EmbarrassedHelp
The guidelines come from the same EU commission trying to pass Chat Control and other similarly terrible ideas.
They also tried to tack on last minute rules to the AI act, claiming chat bots
u/bi7worker
Whatever path Meta calls the wrong one, I'm taking it.
u/Sweet_Concept2211
Ban Meta and their shitty chatbots pretending to be human.
Nothing good can come of a media platform where robots pretending to be humans interfere in public discourse.
u/Kurauk
My opinions on AI are never very welcome here, because I don't believe they are intelligent. They are scripts. But I completely agree! The way these AI's are heading isn't good for anything o
u/Ruddertail
If Meta opposes guidelines or regulation, we can almost universally assume that the regulation is good and should be strictly enforced.
u/Full-Discussion3745
I think its time for META to leave the EU. Our house our rules. Stop trying to change us.
u/RetoricEuphoric
Why does Meta care about Europe?
Europe doesn't need anything from META, META has zero added value.
u/OkFineIllUseTheApp
I trust just about any government more than Zuckerberg.
u/magnetichira
Regulation before innovation
Sounds like a recipe for success
u/mac2o2o
Fairly unhinged opinions, all without a hint of irony posting on Reddit.
Luckily, these people wont be decision makers in the world
u/lookmeat
Honestly Meta is being silly, but so is the EU. AI ethics, legal-regulation, market-impact, near-future effect (i.e. next 50 years) all sounds a bit silly and unfounded. Like hearing a bunch
u/Economy-Action1147
good. China and the US needs to move on while europe is happily stuck in the past.
u/Yung_zu
Your low conviction will earn you another CCP Great Firewall
u/spoilerdudegetrekt
All the big companies are against open source AI because it's the biggest threat to them.
Why would I subscribe to a corporate AI that's watered down when I can use an open source AI for fre
u/the_red_scimitar
"Wrong for META's short-term balance sheet"
u/Yung_zu
With discretion.
Europe being self-sufficient is good, but Europe being splintered off from speaking to us while our suits play good cop/bad cop is really bad
Edit: don’t be the guy that
u/BurningPenguin
Good luck with your oligarchs
u/mayasky76
Oh come on..
It's almost as if you think rampant capitalism isn't the absolute best thing ever.....
I mean.... It's that or like literal hardcore communism..... Right.... Right?
u/CanvasFanatic
Meta certainly doesn’t.
u/bi7worker
Whatever path Meta calls the wrong one, I'm taking it.
u/Full-Discussion3745
I think its time for META to leave the EU. Our house our rules. Stop trying to change us.
u/Snakes_AnonyMouse
How do those corporate boots taste
u/KreateOne
Yea “wrong path” as in “doesn’t let me milk this as much as possible before the bubble bursts”
u/ConinTheNinoC
I think that both META and X need to be banned in the EU.
u/Guilty-Mix-7629
Anything that pisses of meta means it is probably pro-consumer and in this case, pro-humanity.
u/_Lucille_
This is going to be a pretty hot take: but there are some things to consider when we talk about regulation.
Tech is pretty much a no man's land: you cannot just regulate it within a region a
u/OkFineIllUseTheApp
I trust just about any government more than Zuckerberg.
u/OkFineIllUseTheApp
I trust just about any government more than Zuckerberg.
u/TaxOwlbear
If Zuck opposess them, the guidelines are probably good.
u/TaxOwlbear
If Zuck opposess them, the guidelines are probably good.