The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, said it had sent the formal request for information to Meta (META) Thursday. The commission also asked TikTok for more information on the steps it had taken to prevent the spread of “terrorist and violent content and hate speech,” it said, but without referring to the Israel-Hamas war. But the European Commission has made it clear it needs more information. Both companies also have until November 8 to detail how they intend to protect the “integrity of elections” on their platforms, the commission said. It has not announced parallel investigations into Meta or TikTok.

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Persons: TikTok, Thierry Breton, Meta, Hideki Yoshihara Organizations: London CNN, European, Facebook, European Commission, Meta, EU, Services, DSA, Twitter Locations: Israel