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EU rolls out stricter rules for online platforms

TikTok just one of many on a list of services the each have 45 million monthly users or more

The EU’s stricter rules affect platforms including services from Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft. (Photo: AFP)

BRUSSELS: The European Union on Tuesday designated 19 online platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, as having user numbers so big they will come under stricter regulatory rules for content.

The list — on which services from Amazon, Google, Meta, Instagram and Microsoft also feature — all have more than 45 million monthly active users.

That puts them in a category under a new EU law, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), imposing measures from August such as annual…

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