Social media users across the European Union will soon have a new forum to challenge decisions by platforms to remove posts and videos for breaking their rules or leave up others that may violate them.

European Union residents will have a new place to turn to settle disputes with Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. A new Appeals Centre, certified by Irish regulators, will soon begin accepting complaints about content moderation decisions.

Social media users in the EU will be able to make complaints against Facebook, TikTok and YouTube to a new independent body set up in Ireland.

An independent body, supported by Meta Platforms' Oversight Board, has a certification from the media regulator in Ireland to resolve appeals against policy violation decisions of social media companies in the European Union.

The European Union launched a new forum Tuesday that would allow social media users across the 27-nation bloc to challenge decisions by big tech companies to remove or censor user-generated content. Based in Dublin,