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CLAIM #41891 · Meta Platforms Inc. (META) · 2025Q1 earnings call · Apr 30, 2025 · due Sep 30, 2025

Based on feedback from the European Commission in connection with the DMA, we expect we will need to make some modifications to our model, which could result in a materially worse user experience for European users and a significant impact to our European business and revenue as early as the third quarter of 2025.

Susan Li · CFO

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resolved by a revision, graded at the moved level · official band 5 percent
Committed
a significant impact to our European business and revenue as early as the third quarter of 2025
Reported
we cannot rule out the commission imposing further changes to that offering that could have a significant negative impact on our European revenue as early as this quarter

In context

nge of $64 billion to $72 billion, increased from our prior outlook of $60 billion to $65 billion. This updated outlook reflects additional data center investments to support our AI efforts as well as an increase in the expected cost of infrastructure hardware. The majority of our CapEx in 2025 will continue to be directed to our core business. On to tax. Absent any changes to our tax landscape, we expect our full-year 2025 tax rate to be in the range of 12% to 15%. In addition, we continue to monitor an active regulatory landscape, including legal and regulatory headwinds in the EU and the US, that could significantly impact our business and our financial results. The European Commission recently announced its decision that our subscription for no ads model is not compliant with the DMA. Based on feedback from the European Commission in connection with the DMA, we expect we will need to make some modifications to our model, which could result in a materially worse user experience for European users and a significant impact to our European business and revenue as early as the third quarter of 2025. We will appeal the Commission's DMA decision, but any modifications to our model may be imposed before or during the appeal process. In closing, this was another solid quarter for our business. We believe the investments we're making across our company priorities will position us well in the coming years to continue delivering engaging services for our community, compelling results for advertisers, and strong business performance. With that, Krista, let's open up the call for questions. Operator: Thank you. We will now open the lines for a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] And your first question comes from the line of Brian Nowak with Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead. Brian Nowak: Great. Thanks for taking my questions. I have two. The first one is on Llama. Mark, can yo

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SEC filings for META · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q1 earnings call.