The European Commission will hold a stress test with large social media platforms next week to see whether they have done enough to counter disinformation in the run-up to next month's German election,

The European Union (EU) is probing social media heavyweights including Meta and X as part of a stress test on disinformation

TikTok’s time in the United States is counting down. But Washington is only the latest government to impose restrictions on the video app.

TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb, which alleged the firms were unlawfully sending European Union user data to China.

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Online platforms Microsoft, TikTok, LinkedIn, Google, Snap, Meta and X will take part in a stress test on 31 January, to make sure they have appropriate risk mitigation measures in place ahead of the German election in February,

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While the United States will likely become the first country to ban TikTok outright, many others are concerned about the platform's ties to China.

Under European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy regime, data transfers outside the EU are only allowed if the destination country doesn't undermine the protection of data.

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The European Commission will hold a stress test with large social media platforms next week to see whether they have done enough to counter disinformation in the run-up to next month's German election,