The attorneys urged Mark Zuckerberg not to 'allow bureaucrats in Brussels to direct your company's policies and operations here in America' (Photo: Billionaires Success)

US states demand Meta reject EU sustainability directives

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by Wester van Gaal, Amsterdam,

Sixteen US state attorneys general have warned Meta not to comply with EU sustainability directives, warning that compliance would violate US law.

In a leaked letter,

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Author Bio

Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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The attorneys urged Mark Zuckerberg not to 'allow bureaucrats in Brussels to direct your company's policies and operations here in America' (Photo: Billionaires Success)