One Year On: Meta Still Allows Accounts Affiliated With EU-Sanctioned FIMI Actors to Access Monetization

Between June 2025 and July 2026, WHAT TO FIX repeatedly notified Meta —through emails to executives and Meta’s press team, public reporting, on-platform reports, and formal DSA Art.16 notices— that accounts seemingly affiliated with EU-sanctioned actors appeared to have access to monetization services.

As of 20 July 2026, 4 of the 11 accounts flagged still displayed public indicators of monetization access.

Potential sanctions law exposure: If competent authorities were to determine that Meta’s provision of monetization services — including the existence of monetization agreements, associated earning rights, balance accounts, and possible earning accruals or fund transfers — infringed EU sanctions law, Meta could face administrative and/or criminal sanctions.

Potential DSA exposure: If regulators were to find that Meta’s handling of WHAT TO FIX’s notices, complaints, and outreach attempts, reflect systemic shortcomings and lack of diligence in its monetization enforcement, Meta could face regulatory scrutiny and potential sanctions under the DSA.

More broadly WHAT TO FIX’s experience raises a fundamental question: are Meta’s monetization enforcement, notice-handling, and escalation systems adequate to prevent financial benefits from flowing to sanctioned actors as well as other actors disseminating content fueling systemic risks?

A detailed, evidence-backed timeline of WHAT TO FIX notifications to Meta between June 2025 and July 2026.

An overview of Meta’s responses and observed outcomes.

An overview of the 11 accounts identified by WHAT TO FIX as affiliated with EU-sanctioned actors, including the evidence of affiliation and monetization access supporting WHAT TO FIX’s assessment.

A detailed record of WHAT TO FIX’s DSA Art.16 notices.