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'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X social media platform has just 2,294 content moderators to ensure users comply with EU online content rules, significantly fewer than Google (GOOGL.O) and TikTok, a senior European Commission official said on Friday. X has triggered concerns after Musk laid off many employees responsible for monitoring and regulating content amid the spread of disinformation on the platform. According to reports the companies submitted to the EU in September, X's 2,294 EU content moderators compared with 16,974 at Google's YouTube, 7,319 at Google Play and 6,125 at TikTok, the senior Commission official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Regulators are hoping that X will feel the pressure to boost its number of content moderators to catch up with its rivals, the official said.

Persons: Carlos Barria, Elon Musk's, Musk, Foo Yun Chee, Jan Harvey Organizations: REUTERS, Google, European Commission, EU's Digital Services, Apple, Microsoft, EU, YouTube, DSA, Big Tech, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, BRUSSELS, STOCKHOLM, X's, TikTok, EU

A 3D printed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen in front of displayed Google logo in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. The Austrian law, enacted in 2021 and which obliges Big Tech to publish regular reports of illegal content, comes amid mounting concerns worldwide about hateful posts. The three companies, which have their European headquarters in Ireland, say they should only be subject to Irish rules. The Austrian court subsequently sought advice from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which sided with the companies. We will study the judgment and continue to invest in the trust and safety of our users across our platforms," a Google spokesperson said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, TikTok, Thursday's, Foo Yun Chee Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Google, Austrian, Big Tech, European Union, Digital Services, Justice, Meta, Thomson Locations: Rights LUXEMBOURG, Ireland, Member State

☆ YouTube, TikTok must detail child protection measures by Nov 30, EU says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] A 3D printed Youtube and Tik Tok logo are seen placed on keyboard in this illustration taken, September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) YouTube and TikTok have been given a Nov. 30 deadline by the European Union to reply to an information request on how they protect children from illegal and harmful content, the European Commission said on Thursday. Google and TikTok did not immediately reply to a request for comment. The information request comes days after Breton told TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew to spare no effort to counter disinformation on its platform, owned by China's ByteDance. "Based on the assessment of the replies, the Commission will assess next steps", the Commission said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Thierry Breton, Breton, Shou Zi Chew, China's ByteDance, Sundar Pichai, Tassilo Hummel, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, YouTube, European Union, European Commission, Big Tech, Digital Services, Google, Reuters, Wednesday, TikTok, DSA, Thomson Locations: Rights BRUSSELS, Breton

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBENGALURU, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Wipro (WIPR.NS) may skip giving hikes to "top performers with higher compensation" in its largest business line in the upcoming round of salary revisions in December, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Wipro will prioritise employees with lower compensation among those eligible for a raise, Bandaru highlighted, adding that "top performers with higher compensation may not be covered in this cycle". Wipro, which had 244,707 employees as of Sept. 30, had already delayed its salary hike cycle. Some industry watchers said the move echoed a larger trend in the tech industry as it tried to address pay inequities among regions and cut payroll costs. While Infosys (INFY.NS) delayed giving hikes by two quarters, HCL (HCLT.NS) skipped hikes for managers.

Persons: Dado, Peter Bendor, Samuel, Ray Wang, Sai Ishwarbharath, Haripriya Suresh, Dhanya Skariachan Organizations: Wipro, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Employees, Wipro Enterprise, Everest Group, ”, Infosys, HCL, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ Exclusive: EU to ask YouTube, TikTok for details on measures protecting minors
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

BRUSSELS, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Google’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube and TikTok will be asked by EU industry chief Thierry Breton to provide information on how they comply with new EU online content rules regarding the protection of children, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Breton will send his request to the companies on Friday, the source added. The new EU rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) requires Big Tech to do more to fight harmful and illegal online content, especially content that targets minors. The DSA also forces the companies to be more transparent on their algorithmic processes, bots and targeted advertisements that amplify content and do more to tackle illegal, unsafe or counterfeit products sold on their platforms. Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Thierry Breton, Breton, Foo Yun Chee, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: YouTube, Reuters, EU, Digital Services, Big Tech, DSA, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS

☆ X and TikTok are both under fire from the EU over hate speech and Israel-Hamas disinformation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

TikTok's CEO and an X executive met with the European Commission's Věra Jourová on Tuesday. She said they both need to "step up" their efforts to counter hate speech. AdvertisementAdvertisementTikTok and X, formerly Twitter, need to "step up" their efforts countering hate speech, a European Commission vice president said. In posts on X, Jourová said the meetings were constructive but pointed out several areas of improvement, adding that X needs to do more to comply with the Digital Services Act. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs well as illegal hate speech, Jourová raised concerns about the platforms hosting pro-Hamas content in the wake of its attacks on Israel in October.

Persons: Jourová, —, Věra Jourová, Shou Zi Chew, Nick Pickles, X's, X, Elon Musk, TikTok Organizations: Service, European Commission, Digital Services, EU, Hamas, Elon Locations: Israel, Gaza, EU, Brussels

☆ UK's top tech cop tells platforms how to comply with tough new online safety rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

British media watchdog Ofcom on Wednesday issued new guidance to technology platforms requiring them to take tougher action against harmful and illegal content. Ofcom is the chief regulator under Britain's Online Safety Act, with powers to enforce the regulation and levy fines against tech companies. Ofcom outlined what it called new codes of practice for digital platforms, which it wants them to follow in order to limit the harmful and toxic content users — particularly children — encounter online. Beyond this, Ofcom also wants online platforms to take a series of steps to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse, fraud, and terrorism. The U.K.'s Online Safety Act has been in the works for the last four years.

Persons: King Charles III, Rocio Concha Organizations: Ofcom, Apple, Microsoft, Britain's, Social, European Union, Digital Services Locations: U.S

☆ EU digital chief urges TikTok, X to increase clean-up efforts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

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.

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

Two other Baltic telecoms cables were damaged on the same night of Oct. 7 along the route that the ship was travelling, according to shipping data reviewed by Reuters. NewNew Shipping, the owner and operator of the NewNew Polar Bear, has previously declined to comment when contacted by Reuters. TRAIL OF DAMAGEIn total, three Baltic telecoms cables and one pipeline were damaged in the space of less than nine hours. Data from shipping intelligence firm MarineTraffic, reviewed by Reuters, showed that the NewNew Polar Bear passed over a Swedish-Estonian telecoms cable at 1513 GMT, then over the Russian cable at around 2020 GMT, the Balticconnector at 2220 GMT and a Finland-Estonia telecoms line at 2349 GMT. Finnish police announced on Oct. 24 that they had found a ship's anchor near the broken gas pipeline.

Persons: Anton Vaganov, Rostelecom, Vladimir Putin, Gasgrid, Mark Trevelyan, Nerijus Adomaitis, Anne Kauranen, Terje Solsvik, Bill Berkrot, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Rostelecom, St ., Economic, REUTERS, Reuters, NewNew Shipping, Kremlin, Communications Ministry, St, Thomson Locations: St, St . Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Finland, Estonia, Baltic, Beijing, Ukraine, China, Swedish, Estonian, St Petersburg, Kaliningrad, London

Companies TikTok FollowBRUSSELS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - TikTok must "spare no effort" to counter the spread of disinformation on the short video sharing app, EU industry chief Thierry Breton told the company's CEO on Monday, as the European Union steps up its efforts to curb the powers of Big Tech. "My services and I are now investigating whether this is enough to ensure compliance with the DSA (Digital Services Act)," Breton told Reuters in written comments after a video call with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew. "Because now more than ever, we must spare no effort to protect our citizens – especially children and teenagers – against illegal content and disinformation," he said. TikTok Public Policy Director Caroline Greer said in a post on social media platform X that the company was pleased that Breton recognised its compliance efforts. The DSA requires large online platforms to do more to tackle illegal and harmful online content on their platforms.

Persons: Thierry Breton, China's ByteDance, Breton, Shou Zi Chew, Caroline Greer, Chew, Vera Jourova, Didier Ryenders, Foo Yun Chee, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Big Tech, DSA, Services, Reuters, Big, EU, Values, Thomson Locations: BRUSSELS, European, Breton, Big Tech, Brussels

Chew will meet Breton on Nov. 6 and Jourova and Reynders on Nov. 7, a TikTok spokesperson said. He will update the commissioners on TikTok's data security regime called Project Clover which started to store European user data locally this year, a TikTok spokesperson said. The company has a data centre in Dublin, Ireland, and is building two more in Ireland and Norway. Breton last month gave TikTok an Oct. 25 deadline to provide information on its crisis response measures. Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Jason NeelyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Shou Zi Chew, Online Harms, Thierry Breton, Vera Jourova, Didier Reynders, TikTok, Chew, Breton, Foo Yun Chee, Sudip Kar, Gupta, Jason Neely Organizations: Energy, Commerce, Safeguard, Online, Capitol, Breton, Digital Services, Big Tech, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, BRUSSELS, EU, Brussels, Israel, Gaza, Reynders, Dublin, Ireland, Norway

☆ A healthcare COO and a travel business founder have found that mobile innovation is changing their work lives for the better
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Samsung | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The rise in new mobile devices has allowed us to access aspects of our personal healthcare in increasingly simple and flexible ways. AdvertisementAdvertisementOne such business is Qured, a startup that was founded in 2017 in London that offers users access to at-home health screening. That experience really drove my determination to work with innovative tech startups," said Lyz Swanton, Qured's COO. "We are seeing more patients relying on their smartphones to access healthcare," Swanton said. "I am very excited for the future of healthtech and the possibilities of mobile innovation to transform lives," Swanton said.

Persons: —, Lyz Swanton, Qured, Swanton, Samsung Knox, Thomas Christensen, Christensen, campervans Organizations: CDC, Premier League football, Devices, Samsung, Insider Studios Swanton, Samsung Galaxy Locations: London

☆ Japan's Mitsui to buy 12.7% stake in Axiata's digital and analytics unit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 2 (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Mitsui (8031.T) will take a 12.69% stake in Axiata Group's (AXIA.KL) digital and analytics unit, the Malaysian telecommunications conglomerate said on Thursday. Mitsui will invest $58 million in Axiata Digital & Analytics (ADA) through ADA's holding company, Axiata Digital Services. Mitsui's latest investment currently values the digital and analytics firm at $550 million. "Through this additional investment, Mitsui will provide ADA's marketing solutions and data analysis services to Mitsui's important partners and investees to help accelerate their marketing DX efforts," the Japanese firm said. Mitsui will also acquire an additional 16.7% stake in Axiata Digital Services, beefing it up to 20%.

Persons: Lim Huey Teng, Axiata, Rishav Chatterjee, Sonia Cheema Organizations: REUTERS, Mitsui, Axiata, Analytics, Axiata Digital Services, Thomson Locations: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysian, ADA's, Bengaluru

[1/2] Kenyan workers check clothes made for export at the United Aryan Export Processing Zone (EPZ) factory, operating under the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), in Ruaraka district of Nairobi, Kenya October 26, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya Acquire Licensing RightsNov 1 (Reuters) - South Africa will host the annual African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Johannesburg from Nov 2-4 to discuss the United States' flagship trade programme for the continent. The African Growth and Opportunity Act is a U.S. trade initiative passed in 2000 under former President Bill Clinton to deepen trade ties with Sub-Saharan Africa and help African countries develop their economies. AGOA provides duty-free access to the U.S. market for most agricultural and manufactured products exported by eligible African countries. African countries are pushing for an early 10-year extension without changes in order to reassure businesses and investors who might have concerns over AGOA's future.

Persons: Thomas Mukoya, Bill Clinton, AGOA, Nellie Peyton, Joe Bavier, Alexander Smith Organizations: United Aryan, Processing, U.S ., REUTERS, WHO, AGOA, U.S . Trade, Thomson Locations: Ruaraka district, Nairobi, Kenya, South Africa, Johannesburg, United States, U.S, Saharan Africa, Ghana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Ethiopia, AGOA .

☆ 'It's going to surprise you': An old tech brand is pivoting to AI, and this investor loves the stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Traders should "rethink" one tech stock associated with an old corner of the industry — making printers and scanners, according to one investor. They're expanding in all aspects of net based cloud services for all business enhancements," Blancato said. He added that it's now a tech company trading at valuations "significantly better" than any other tech company. "Rethink the name Xerox, it's going to surprise you what they can do in the next couple of years," he said. In the years before, however, its annual dividend per share was as low as $0.17 in 2012.

Persons: Philip Blancato, CNBC's, Blancato, Steve Bandrowczak, FactSet, Xerox's Organizations: Xerox, Asset Management, Nasdaq

☆ Canada optimistic about digital services tax agreement with US
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks to journalists on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday she was cautiously optimistic about settling a dispute with the United States about Ottawa's planned digital services tax (DST) on large technology companies. The digital services plan aims to address the challenge of taxing digital giants like Alphabet (GOOGL.O) and Amazon.com (AMZN.O) that can book their profits in low-tax countries. The process of negotiating a global tax deal has dragged on, and it was pushed back further in July to allow for more negotiations. Ottawa says not implementing its DST for another year would put Canada at a disadvantage relative to countries that have been collecting revenue under their pre-existing digital services taxes.

Persons: Finance Chrystia Freeland, Blair Gable, Chrystia Freeland, Freeland, Ismail Shakil, Chris Reese, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Finance, REUTERS, Rights OTTAWA, Canadian Finance, DST, Thomson Locations: Ottawa , Ontario, Canada, United States, U.S, Washington, Ottawa

The Consequences of Elon Musk’s Ownership of XNow rebranded as X, the site has experienced a surge in racist, antisemitic and other hateful speech. Research conducted in part by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue concluded that anti-Semitic tweets in English more than doubled after Mr. Musk’s takeover. Keeping X at the center of public debate is exactly Mr. Musk’s goal, which he describes at times with a messianic zeal. Even worse, the article argued, Mr. Musk’s changes appear to be boosting the engagements of the most contentious users. A month into Mr. Musk’s ownership, the platform stopped enforcing its policy against Covid-19 misinformation.

Persons: Elon Musk, ”, “, Musk’s, —, Musk, Tim Chambers, ” Mr, Chambers, Tesla, lockdowns, Thierry Breton, Mr Organizations: Elon, Twitter, “ Twitter, Hamas, Dewey, Group, Defamation, Research, Institute for Strategic, Commission, Kremlin, Pentagon, Tufts, Rutgers, Montclair, 4chan, Harvard Kennedy School, Covid, Media, Mr, Commission's Digital Services, Services, Defamation League, European Union Locations: Musk’s, Russia, China, Israel, Ukraine, Iran, guardrails

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☆ EU's Breton confirms investigations into three tech platforms, including X
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Martin Coulter | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] 'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - EU industry chief Thierry Breton has launched investigations into three tech platforms over content moderation decisions, including Elon Musk's X. The tech giants have faced mounting scrutiny in recent weeks, with a surge in harmful content and disinformation following Hamas' attack on Israel. Under the bloc's wide-sweeping Digital Services Act, very large tech platforms and search engines must do more to tackle illegal content and risks to public security, and to protect their services against manipulative techniques. Speaking during a radio interview with France Inter, Breton did not specify the other two platforms being investigated.

Persons: Carlos Barria, Thierry Breton, Elon Musk's, Breton, Martin Coulter, Jason Neely Organizations: REUTERS, Services, France Inter, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, Israel

☆ Meta to report third-quarter earnings after the bell
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, attends a U.S. Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2023. Meta is set to report third-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday. The company is expected to show growth of 21% in the third quarter after sales increased 11% in the prior period. Meta appears to be the furthest along in terms of improving the effectiveness of its online ad platform following Apple's changes. Meta, X and others must adhere to the DSA by removing illegal content and detailing how they're doing it.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, that's, Susan Li, Snap Organizations: Meta, U.S, Senate, Intelligence, Capitol, Washington , D.C, StreetAccount, EU, Digital Services, European Commission, Russia, Reality Labs Locations: Washington ,, U.S, Israel, Ukraine

STOCKHOLM, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O) has more than 181 million users in the European Union and directly employs more than 150,000 people in the region, the company said on Wednesday, in its first store transparency report as required by the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). In August, the Digital Services Act (DSA) imposed new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency for platforms and search engines labelled as very large online platforms (VLOP), which were defined as having more than 45 million users in the EU. Amazon has challenged its inclusion in the group, saying it was not the largest retailer in any of the EU countries in which it operates. Germany is by far the biggest market for Amazon store with more than 60 million monthly active users, followed by Italy with 38 million users, according to the report. Amazon also received 8,863 legal requests from EU governments for information about users of its service in the first half of 2023.

Persons: Supantha Mukherjee, Sharon Singleton Organizations: European Union, EU Digital Services, Digital Services, Amazon, Thomson Locations: STOCKHOLM, EU, Germany, Italy, France

Worries are growing about how much the turmoil could cost the global economy. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, hit a three-week high this on Fridayfears that a military escalation could disrupt already tight supplies. In a speech largely focused on inflation, interest rates and economic growth, Jay Powell, the central bank’s chair, warned on Thursday that “geopolitical tensions are highly elevated and pose important risks to global economic activity.”The Middle East is becoming a wild card for the global economy. That would probably sap growth but might also slow the economy enough to negate the need for an additional interest-rate increase. The measures were announced days after the U.S. imposed tighter restrictions on sales of more advanced semiconductors to China.

Persons: Biden, —, Brent, Jay Powell, Powell, ” Powell, Kamala Harris, Jay Monahan, David Zaslav, Jim Jordan, Patrick McHenry, Jordan, there’s, Fran Drescher, George Clooney, ” Drescher, Sidney Powell, Donald Trump’s Organizations: Gaza, Israel, U.S . Navy, Intel, Siemens, European Commission, Digital Services, PGA, Warner Bros, Hollywood, SAG, Trump Locations: Mideast, Israel, Ukraine, Lebanon, U.S, Iran, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Lisbon, Ohio, Trump . China, Beijing, China

[1/2] EU flag and Meta logo are seen in this illustration taken, May 22, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsBRUSSELS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O) and TikTok have been given a week by the European Commission to provide details on measures taken to counter the spread of terrorist, violent content and hate speech on their platforms, a week after Elon Musk's X was told to do the same. The Commission can open investigations into the companies if it is not satisfied with their responses. "Meta must provide the requested information to the Commission by 25 October 2023 for questions related to the crisis response and by 8 November 2023 on the protection of the integrity of elections," the Commission said. Writing by Foo Yun Chee Editing by Mark PotterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Elon Musk's X, Foo Yun, Mark Potter Organizations: EU, REUTERS, Rights, European Commission, Digital Services, Thomson Locations: Rights BRUSSELS, Israel

Facebook parent company Meta and Chinese-owned social media app TikTok have both been given a deadline of Oct. 25 by the European Commission to share information on their response to the Israel-Hamas war, which has seen misinformation in the digital sphere spread alongside the physical conflict. The European Commission on Thursday said it is making both requests under the Digital Services Act. A TikTok spokesperson told CNBC the firm had "just heard from the European Commission this morning and our team is currently reviewing the RFI [request for information]." The EU wants to see how Meta and TikTok have looked to keep misinformation about the war off their platforms. Meta and TikTok both have until Oct. 25 to share information related to their response to the crisis in Israel, the commission said.

Persons: Meta, TikTok, Elon Musk's Organizations: Facebook, Meta, European Commission, European, Digital Services, Hamas, Twitter, CNBC, Commission, DSA, EU Locations: Israel

☆ EU asks Meta for more details on efforts to stop Israel-Hamas war misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

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.

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

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