Jourova, the EU commissioner responsible for the digital economy, met TikTok Chief Executive Shou Chew and X's head of global affairs, Nick Pickles, as the European Union investigates Big Tech's efforts to remove harmful content. The EU is also looking to prevent disinformation influencing the EU parliament election in June 2024. Under the European Union's Digital Services Act, which entered into force a year ago, very large tech platforms and search engines must do more to tackle harmful and illegal content or risk fines. Jourova said on X and via her spokesperson that she was pleased by some improvements and urged TikTok to continue stepping up its work against illegal and harmful content and child abuse. For X, Jourova said it had insufficient staff speaking some EU languages to counter disinformation and expressed concern about reports of high numbers of violent and illegal content.

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Persons: Dado Ruvic, Vera Jourova, Jourova, Shou Chew, Nick Pickles, Big, TikTok, Jourova's, X's Pickles, Philip Blenkinsop, Foo Yun Chee, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, European, European Union, Hamas, EU, Union's Digital Services, YouTube, Thomson Locations: Rights BRUSSELS, Israel, EU