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BRUSSELS, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s ( GOOGL.O Google, Facebookparent company Meta Platforms Inc ( META.O ) and Twitter face tougher EU online content rules on Thursday over monthly user numbers published by the companies across the EU. threshold.
The new rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), label companies with more than 45 million users as very large online platforms and are subject to obligations such as risk management and external and independent auditing. They are also required to share information with authorities and researchers and adopt a code of conduct.
Europe The commission gave online platforms and search engines until February 17 to publish their monthly active users. Most large online platforms have four months to comply or risk fines.
Twitter, last 45 of the day according to his calculations, in the EU 10It said it has 0.9 million average monthly users.
Alphabet has provided a set of numbers based on users’ accounts and another set based on signed-out buyers, saying users can access its services whether or not they’re signed in.
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The average monthly number of users accessing the report Google 278.6 million on the map, Google 274.6 million on Play, 332 million on Google Search, 74.9 million on Shopping and 401.7 million on YouTube.
Earlier this week, Meta Platforms in the last six months of 2022 in the EU Facebookhas 255 million average monthly active users on Instagram and about 250 million average monthly active users on Instagram.
Reporting by Foo Yun Chee in Brussels Editing by Matthew Lewis
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2023-02-17 04:30:35
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