Meta, TikTok Added to EU Probe of Violent Hamas-Israel Posts
- EU requests to TikTok, Meta follow earlier one to Musk’s X
- Tech firms face fines if fail to respond on time with answers
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ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok and Meta Platforms Inc. were added to the European Union’s list of tech firms being quizzed about how they are mitigating risks of possible illegal content spreading on their social media platforms amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.
The European Commission on Thursday said it sent formal requests for information to the two companies, further escalating EU attempts to rein in harmful content on social media a week after it asked Elon Musk’s X for similar answers.