Marco Rubio

US sanctions bar former EU official Thierry Breton and four researchers from accessing the US, signaling a hardline stance on foreign content-moderation actors.

Rubio orders a return to Times New Roman for State Department communications, replacing Calibri and framing it as a decorum-regulating move tied to a broader push against DEIA programs.

Meta offers EU users an ad-light option for Facebook/Instagram as part of a settlement to a DMA probe, with the EU having already fined Meta and warning of penalties up to 5% of daily revenue, as regulators continue to scrutinize Big Tech.