BRUSSELS, Jan 24 (Reuters) - 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, an EU spokesperson said on Friday.

Microsoft ( MSFT ), TikTok, LinkedIn, Google, Snap, Facebook-owner

Meta and X have been asked to take part in the Jan. 31 "stress

test" to check they have enough safeguards in place to mitigate

risks on their platforms, as required by the European Union's

Digital Services Act (DSA).

"The stress test is really going through potential scenarios

where DSA comes into play and to check with platforms how they

would react to these specific scenarios," EU spokesperson Thomas

Regnier told a press briefing.

A TikTok spokesperson said it had received the invitation

and would attend the Jan. 31 meeting.

Representatives for Meta, Snap, Google-owner Alphabet, X,

Microsoft ( MSFT ) and LinkedIn did not immediately respond to requests

for comment.

A senior European Commission official said senior compliance

officers at the companies had been invited to participate, along

with other specialists responsible for implementing the DSA.

The test is the first held for a national election, Regnier

said, after one was held before the European Parliament

elections last year.

"This was very successful ... so there is a will that this

is done together with the German authorities," he said.

The test will be held behind closed doors, he added.