Meta has agreed to a July “stress test” on new EU content rules, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said late Friday after meeting with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in California.
The test is a mock exercise on how the firm would comply with the EU Digital Services Act’s requirements on content moderation, which come into force in August.
Breton said in a tweet that he had a “Productive discussion” with Zuckerberg in Menlo Park. “Preparedness on its way with 1,000 Meta employees working on” the DSA, he added.
The DSA’s content provisions, which start applying in late August, will oblige major tech platforms to combat online hate speech, illegal content and disinformation.
On Thursday, Breton met with Elon Musk and Twitter’s new Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino about a similar “stress test” on that platform’s services.
Breton also met with Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT’s OpenAI, and Jensen Huang, who runs microchips designer Nvidia.
