If you’ve ever been to the dental surgery and found yourself requiring some gum surgery, the chances are you’ll have found your dentist wielding an electronic probe to cauterise the flesh.

The identity of the employee of the Florida-based tech firm and the date of the search is unclear, but sources familiar with the probe confirmed investigators seized at least one electronic device ...

The probe is being launched under a mammoth law known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) that forces the world’s largest tech firms to do more to protect European consumers online. “We want to ...