The EU is trying into Meta and TikTok’s dealing with of the Israel-Hamas battle

The European Fee is formally requesting info from Meta and TikTok on how they’re dealing with unlawful content material and disinformation associated to the battle in Israel. The inquiry comes as a part of the European Union’s newly enacted Digital Providers Act (DSA), which holds giant on-line platforms legally accountable for the content material posted to them.

Each platforms have till October twenty fifth to reply to the Fee’s request. From there, the Fee will consider their responses and “assess subsequent steps.”

Underneath the phrases of the DSA, the Fee can impose fines of as much as 6 % of an organization’s international turnover in the event that they’re in violation of the principles. The Fee may also impose fines for “incorrect, incomplete or deceptive info in response to a request for info,” and platforms additionally face potential late charges in the event that they don’t reply in time.

Final week, the Fee despatched the same request to X, the platform beforehand referred to as Twitter, over “the spreading of terrorist and violent content material and hate speech.” Other than content material associated to the Israel-Hamas battle, the Fee is trying into the methods Meta and TikTok are preserving the integrity of elections.

TikTok can also be required to offer extra details about the way it’s defending minors on the platform. Meta and TikTok have till November eighth to reply to these extra inquiries.