CLAIM #41932 · Meta Platforms Inc. (META) · 2025Q2 earnings call · Jul 30, 2025 · due Sep 30, 2025
“This could have a significant negative impact on our European revenue as early as later this quarter.”
Susan Li · CFO
In context
“the act, which we are currently evaluating. While we estimate that the 2025 tax rate will be higher than our Q2 tax rate, we cannot quantify the magnitude at this time. In addition, we continue to monitor an active regulatory landscape, including the increasing legal and regulatory headwinds in the EU that could significantly impact our business and our financial results. For example, we continue to engage with the European Commission on our Less Personalized Ads offering or LPA, which we introduced in November 2024 and based on feedback from the European Commission in connection with the DMA. As the commission provides further feedback on LPA, we cannot rule out that it may seek to impose further modifications to it that would result in a materially worse user and advertiser experience. This could have a significant negative impact on our European revenue as early as later this quarter. We have appealed the European Commission's DMA decision, but any modifications to our model may be imposed during the appeal process. In closing, this was another strong quarter for our business as our investments in infrastructure and technical talent continue to improve core ads performance and engagement on our platforms. We expect the significant investments we're making now will allow us to continue leveraging advances in AI to extend those gains and unlock a new set of opportunities in the years to come. With that, Krista, let's open up the call for questions. Operator: [Operator Instructions] Your first question comes from the line of Eric Sheridan with Goldman Sachs. Eric James Sheridan: Mark, when you think about where the AI parts of your business have been evolving over the las”
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