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EU finds Meta, TikTok breached tech rules

The European Union (EU) found that both Meta and TikTok ran afoul of transparency rules in the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA).

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The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, preliminarily found that Meta and TikTok failed to provide researchers with adequate access to public data.

It also determined that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, failed to provide users with simple mechanisms to flag illegal content or challenge content moderation decisions.

"Our democracies depend on trust. That means platforms must empower users, respect their rights, and open their systems to scrutiny. The DSA makes this a duty, not a choice," Henna Virkkunen, executive vice president for tech sovere

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