Facebook, TikTok harden EU commitment to tackle disinformation – but not X


Digital titans including Facebook and TikTok formally pledged to ramp up the fight against disinformation in the EU. — Reuters

BRUSSELS: Digital titans including Facebook and TikTok formally pledged to ramp up the fight against disinformation in the EU, Brussels said on Thursday, just days after the new US administration condemned the bloc's online content rules.

Missing from the list of 42 platforms – including those owned by Google, Meta and Microsoft – who committed to a strengthened code of conduct was tech billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform X.

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