European Union opens an investigation against Meta and Tiktok

The European Union announced on Thursday the opening of an investigation targeting the social networks Meta (Facebook, Instagram) and Tiktok.

The institution demands details on the measures they are implementing against the dissemination of “false information” and “illegal content”, after Hamas attacks against Israel.

It explained that it had sent a formal request for information to these two platforms, a week after the launch of a similar procedure targeting X (formerly Twitter) as part of the new European legislation on digital services.

The Brussels executive is continuing a tightening that began last week with letters of warning from Digital Commissioner Thierry Breton sent to the leaders of four major online services: X, Meta, Tiktok and Youtube (Alphabet).