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Facebook, Google, Twitter and other social media networks will have to change their terms of service for European users within a month or risk the wrath of European authorities.
A European Commission official told Reuters on Friday that if the companies don’t change their terms then they could be fined.
The Commission sent letters to the companies in December, which explained how their service terms did not comply with EU consumer protection law, and that more needed to be done to tackle fraud and scams perpetrated via their websites.
In the letters seen by Reuters , the terms that the authorities wanted to amend included requiring users to seek compensation in a Californian court because the tech companies are based there, instead of their country of residence.
The EU authorities also want social media companies to flag sponsored content clearly, and ensure that mandatory rights, such as the right to cancel a contract, cannot be waived.
