BRUSSELS, April 30 (Reuters) - Meta on Tuesday

defended its risk mitigating process after the European

Commission launched an investigation into its Facebook and

Instagram for failing to tackle deceptive advertising and

disinformation ahead of European Parliament elections.

"We have a well established process for identifying and

mitigating risks on our platforms. We look forward to continuing

our cooperation with the European Commission and providing them

with further details of this work," a Meta spokesperson said.