Musk's X has a fraction of rivals' content moderators, EU says

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BRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X social media platform has just 2,294 content moderators to ensure users comply with EU online content rules, significantly fewer than Google (GOOGL.O) and TikTok, a senior European Commission official said on Friday...

Adopted recently, the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) requires 19 very large online platforms and 2 very large online search engines, among them Google, X, TikTok, Apple (AAPL.O),.

According to reports the companies submitted to the EU in September, X's 2,294 EU content moderators compared with 16,974 at Google's YouTube, 7,319 at Google Play and 6,125 at TikTok, the senior Commission official said, speaking on condition of anonymity...

The Commission has more than doubled the number of staff enforcing the DSA to 120 from 50, the official said.. There have been worries that the EU executive would not be able to deal with Big Tech companies' army of executives and lawyers, resulting in enforcement gaps...

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