As Ukrinform reports, this was reported on the European Commission’s website.

“The European Commission today formally sent a request for information to Meta under the Digital Services Act. The European Commission has called Meta on measures taken to fulfill its risk assessment obligations, preventive measures to protect elections and the consequences of Hamas attacks on Israel, in particular “Invited us to provide further information on the spread and amplification of illegal content and disinformation,” the statement said.

Meta must submit this information to the European Commission by 25 October 2023 for the crisis response part and by 8 November 2023 for the election protection measures. The European Commission has the right, under the provisions of the Digital Services Act, to impose penalties on the company for providing false, incomplete or inaccurate information in response to such a request. If Meta does not respond to this request or does not respond in time, this development may result in the imposition of periodic penalties on this company.

The European Commission today sent a similar request to the TikTok network with the same requirements and time frame.

As reported, the Digital Services Act (DSA), which came into force in the EU in August and regulates the activities of “very large Internet platforms”, especially on the territory of the European Union, restricts them from disinformation and information manipulation, dissemination of harmful or false information, illegal content, hate speech or fundamentalist activities. identification and removal of other data that may have a negative impact on the observance of human rights and freedoms.