The European Commission has asked social media giants including Facebook, TikTok and X to take part in a test to see whether they are doing enough to counter disinformation in the run-up to next month's German election,

The European Union plans to grill social media companies on their plans to counter disinformation ahead of the German election next month in the bloc’s first “stress test” for a national election.

The European Commission is organizing a stress test for large social media platforms ahead of the upcoming German parliamentary elections, a commission spokesman said on Friday. Microsoft, TikTok, LinkedIn,