After the social network august.
The European Commission explained that it had opened this in-depth investigation to determine whether TikTok violated several points of the DSA.
The concerns of the European digital policeman relate in particular to “the protection of minors”, “the transparency of advertising”, “access to data for researchers” as well as the “risks linked to the addictive design” of the platform and “harmful content”.
Last November, Brussels announced that it was opening an investigation into the measures implemented by the social network TikTok and the video sharing site YouTube to protect minors, in particular their “
mental and physical health
”.
It had asked the two companies "
to provide more information on the measures (...) taken to comply with their obligations regarding the protection of minors
" under the new EU legislation on digital services .
This procedure can lead to heavy financial sanctions in the event of proven and prolonged violations of the regulations.
In extreme cases, fines can reach 6% of the global turnover of the groups involved.
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