Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Photo: Reuters

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Photo: Reuters

Riley Griffin and Jennifer A Dlouhy

BloombergYesterday at 20:40

US president Donald Trump threatened to inflict “substantial” tariffs on countries that impose digital taxes just days after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg raised concerns about the levies during a White House meeting.

The Facebook co-founder visited Mr Trump late last week, according to people familiar with the private meeting, who asked not to be named as the details aren’t public. During the meeting, one of the people said, Mr Trump and Mr Zuckerberg discussed the threat of digital service taxes, which are imposed on the revenue that tech companies get from users in a particular country. Meta generates the vast majority of its revenue through advertising targeted at Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp users.