Tech giants from Google to TikTok face stricter content rules in EU 

New rules require companies with more than 45m users to do risk management, and external and independent auditing

Online platforms and search engines had until February 17 to publish their monthly active users.

Tech giants including Facebook, Google, Twitter, and TikTok face stricter online content rules in the European Union due to their huge number of users.

The new rules, known as the Digital Services Act, or DSA, classify companies with more than 45m users as very large online platforms and require them to do risk management and external and independent auditing.