European regulators have asked Google for more information about a secret advertising partnership with Meta , which ignored the search company's own rules on how minors should be treated online, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

In October, the officials ordered Alphabet's lawyers to gather and review data, presentations, internal chats and emails related to the ad campaigns.

The European Union’s digital regulator is looking into Google’s advertising practices under an online content law that bans companies from using minors’ data for targeted advertising.

Another day, another case of the European Commission going after big tech for targeting minors. The bloc's regulators have probed Google for more information on a secret ad partnership with Meta that targeted Instagram ads at minors on YouTube,

Key Takeaways European regulators are seeking more information from Alphabet's Google about an alleged advertising partnership the search giant had with Instagram parent Meta Platforms, in a probe that may lead to a formal investigation.

The European Commission is probing the Google-Meta partnership targeting teens on YouTube. The investigation is based on internal data from October where Google supposedly helped Meta advertise directly to teens.