Webinar- Flops and VLOPs: Monetization, Meta and the Digital Services Act

On 16 September 2026, WHAT TO FIX filed a complaint under the Digital Services Act (DSA), accusing Meta of failing to enforce its own monetisation rules and failing to provide effective ways to report potentially illegal monetisation.

The complaint alleges Meta has breached DSA obligations on:
• Terms and conditions (Article 14)
• Notice-and-action mechanisms (Article 16)
• Internal complaint handling (Article 20)
• Points of contact for users (Article 12)

Belén Luna Sanz, Policy Manager at WHAT TO FIX, will join Joe McNamee of EU Disinfo Lab to discuss what the complaint reveals, how platforms appear to be disregarding the DSA when it comes to monetization, and what that means for the people who use them.

Speaker: Belen Luna Sanz, Policy Manager, WHAT TO FIX

Belén is a global advocate specialising in digital governance, gender justice, and tech accountability. She is WHAT TO FIX’s Policy Manager. Prior to joining WHAT TO FIX, she led regional advocacy campaigns and coalition-building efforts across Europe and Latin America, working on digital rights and women’s rights. Originally from Bolivia, she has lived and worked across Latin America and Europe, navigating complex institutional landscapes while remaining deeply committed to equality, accountability, and systemic change.

Moderator: Joe McNamee, Senior Policy Expert, EU DisinfoLab

Joe McNamee has been working on topics related to internet regulation for over 20 years. Prior to his current role as Senior Policy Expert at EU DisinfoLab, he worked as policy adviser for a political group in the European Parliament. From 2009 to 2018, he led European Digital Rights, the association of digital civil rights organisations in Europe, working on major topics such as the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Copyright Directive. Prior to this, Joe worked for a political consultancy specialised in telecommunications and internet policy, where he led three research projects funded by the European Commission. During this time, he also worked on the EU’s E-Commerce (the predecessor to the DSA) and ePrivacy Directives. Joe holds master’s degrees in European Politics and in International Law.