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EU deprioritizes setting out key calculation of tech company user numbers

By Sara Brandstätter and Luca Bertuzzi ( February 11, 2026, 16:33 GMT | Insight) -- Tech companies that are subject to the EU's digital services law may have to wait longer for the bloc to set out how their user numbers should be calculated, a significant bone of contention about the rules, after the European Commission deprioritized establishing a suitable methodology, MLex has learned.Tech companies that are subject to the EU's digital services law may have to wait longer for the bloc to clarify how their user numbers should be calculated, a key gauge under the rules, after the European Commission deprioritized establishing a suitable methodology, MLex has learned....

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