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Europe’s elections test a landmark social media law
Tech companies are using aggressive tactics to stem disinformation in response to the Digital Services Act. But the election poses a major test of regulators.
official, took the message directly to tech leaders, traveling to California to warn the CEOs of major companies including TikTok, X and Meta that they must comply with the law, amid concerns that Russia is exploiting social media to meddle in European elections. Jourova said X CEO Linda Yaccarino had promised that the company would do its part to protect elections, touting the platform’s Community Notes feature, which allows users to collaboratively add context to potentially misleading posts. It warned that Meta was not doing enough to address the dissemination of deceptive ads on its service, and that the platform was running afoul of the DSA by discontinuing CrowdTangle, a tool that allowed regulators, researchers and journalists to monitor the discussion of topics related to elections.
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