Meta Platforms (META) Stock News Today (Dec. 18, 2025): EU Privacy Ruling, IRS Tax Fight, and Wall Street’s 2026 AI Forecasts
Meta Platforms, Inc. is ending Thursday, December 18, 2025, in the middle of a classic “good news / big risk” tug-of-war: the stock is rising with the broader market, while investors digest a potentially precedent-setting European privacy ruling, an escalating U.S. tax dispute, and a fresh round of analyst forecasts tied to Meta’s expensive AI buildout.
