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This reflects the EU's pattern of using social media regulation (DSA) as a testing ground for crypto enforcement under MiCA. The unspoken risk is that Meta's non-compliance strategy could embolden crypto firms to similarly resist EU crypto regulations, triggering harsher penalties when MiCA enforcement escalates in Q4 2024. Unlike mainstream coverage, this reveals how the EU's regulatory playbook is being stress-tested in adjacent sectors before targeting crypto's larger market cap ($2.54T).

Meta repeatedly ignores requests from an EU regulatory body regarding user bans on Facebook and Instagram, as reported by the BBC after hundreds of users complained.

Meta Snubs EU Regulator Over User Bans as Hundreds Complain to BBC

Stealth on-chain migration: Banned social media users quietly boost decentralized social token liquidity while the market overlooks micro-sector resilience