Meta, TikTok Set for EU Stress Test Before German Elections
- X, Google, Snap and LinkedIn to be tested on disinformation
- EU is working to combat false information around elections
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Photographer: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty ImagesThe European Union plans to grill social media companies on their plans to counter disinformation ahead of the German election next month in the bloc’s first “stress test” for a national election.
Elon Musk’s X social network, Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google, TikTok, Microsoft Corp. and its subsidiary LinkedIn have all been invited to a meeting with German regulators on Jan. 31 in Bonn, a commission spokesperson said.
