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.
Reuters reports that the charges announced by the EU’s regulatory watchdog center on TikTok’s addictive design elements, including infinite scroll functionality, autoplay features, push notifications, and its sophisticated algorithm. The investigation, conducted under the Digital Services Act, represents the latest move in the EU’s intensified scrutiny of major technology companies.
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