EU launches investigation into TikTok over alleged violations of child protection rules
Kyiv • UNN
The EU launches an investigation into TikTok for possible violations of child protection and harmful content rules under the Digital Services Act.
The European Union will investigate the activities of the Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok for possible violation of the Digital Services Act (DSA), in areas related to the protection of minors, advertising transparency, as well as harmful content and risks of addictive design, reports UNN, citing the European Commission's page.
We have opened formal proceedings to assess whether TikTok may have violated the Digital Services Act
The European Commission's concerns are being raised:
▪️ protection of minors;
▪️ advertising;
▪️ access to data for researchers;
▪️ managing the risks of addictive design;
▪️ malicious content.
The decision was made after analyzing TikTok's risk assessment report and responding to Brussels' requests for additional information on what measures the video-sharing platform is taking to combat illegal content, protect minors and access to data.
In December last year, the EU executive had already begun using the DSA's new powers to investigate the activities of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, to find out whether it had violated EU rules on content moderation.
New evidence is currently being considered - if the DSA rules have been violated, the platform may be subject to fines of up to 6% of its global turnover.
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