US EditionTikTok hit with charges of breaching EU online content rules, app may have to change
The European Commission says TikTok’s design fuels compulsive use and fails to protect minors, risking fines up to 6% of its global revenue under the EU Digital Services Act.
- On Friday, the European Commission said preliminary findings show TikTok's app design breaches the Digital Services Act and must "change the basic design" while the probe continues.
- The DSA investigation found TikTok's infinite scroll, autoplay, and personalised recommender drive compulsive use, prompting proposals to disable infinite scroll and add screen-time breaks including night lockouts.
- Commission reviewers found TikTok's internal risk assessments, company data and expert interviews highlight ineffective time-management and parental-control tools, while public studies show excessive use by young users.
- TikTok can now consult investigation documents and reply in writing, while the Commission will consult the European Board for Digital Services and may impose a fine up to 6% of global annual turnover.
- Regulators cite broader trends such as mounting pressure over youth screen time, with Australia banning social media for under-16s and TikTok settling a lawsuit last month, amid global scrutiny.
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TikTok rejects the interpretation from the EU Commission and calls it 'categorically false'.
EU Charges China's TikTok with Violating Digital Content Rules with Addictive Design Features
The European Commission filed formal charges against TikTok on Friday, accusing the social media platform of breaching EU online content regulations through addictive design features and demanding changes to its app or facing potential fines up to six percent of parent company ByteDance's global revenue. The post EU Charges China’s TikTok with Violating Digital Content Rules with Addictive Design Features appeared first on Breitbart.
EU says TikTok must disable 'addictive' features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine
The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be "addictive," calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its recommendation engine.
The EU decision that TikTok must change how the app works or risk large fines is just the beginning of a new development, Internet expert Måns Jonasson believes. “Now some kind of future war is starting over who will control what users see in their feeds,” he says.
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