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The EU wants to talk to US tech companies ahead of Germany’s upcoming election


The EU plans on holding a "stress test" for these tech companies to see if they are compliant with the EU Digital Services Act.

The European Union will give tech and social media companies a “stress test” to see how they handle misinformation ahead of Germany’s election next month. European Commission officials have invited tech companies, including: X, Meta, Snap, TikTok, Google, Microsoft, and LinkedIn, to a meeting on January 31, according to multiple newsoutlets. During this meeting, European Commission officials will quiz these tech companies about how they would react to different scenarios that could interfere with the upcoming election from AI-generated fakes to disinformation campaigns, according to Bloomberg.

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