Video platform under scrutiny over potential breach of Digital Services Act in areas such as age verification
The EU has launched a formal investigation into whether TikTok has broken online content rules including the safeguarding of children.
The European Commission said it had opened official proceedings against the Chinese-owned short video platform over potential breaches of the Digital Services Act (DSA).
It said the investigation was looking at areas including protection of minors, maintaining records of its advertising content and whether its algorithms led users down damaging content “rabbit holes”.
Likely because TikTok has a better retention algorithm
It’s not just designed to keep your attention but to communicate with devices around you on the chance that you’ll be with friends you can share the short meme clips with and suck them into the black hole you turned your phone into.