⚖️ EU demands TikTok change addictive design or face fines
Oneliner
The European Commission has found TikTok's design violates the Digital Services Act due to addictive features like infinite scrolling and autoplay. If TikTok does not change its design, it could face fines of up to 6% of its global turnover. The Commission emphasizes the need to protect minors from potential mental health risks associated with social media addiction. TikTok has the opportunity to respond to these findings before any penalties are imposed.
Key points
- The European Commission has found TikTok's design violates the Digital Services Act.
- TikTok could face fines of up to 6% of its global turnover if it fails to comply.
- The Commission's investigation highlights risks to minors' mental health due to addictive features.
- TikTok has the opportunity to respond to the findings before any penalties are imposed.
Links
- Handelsblatt: Tiktok: Brüssel hält Design für illegal - und droht mit Strafen
- Handelsblatt: Soziale Medien: Brüssel hält Tiktok-Design für illegal - und droht mit Strafen
- Reuters: TikTok hit with charges of breaching EU online content rules, app may have to change
- ANSA: Ue: "TikTok viola le regole digitali, il design crea dipendenza" - Altre news - Ansa.it
- Tagesschau (ARD): EU-Kommission: TikTok verstößt durch "süchtig machendes Design" gegen europäisches Recht
- The Guardian: TikTok could be forced to change app's 'addictive design' by European Commission
- Politico: EU tells TikTok to change its addictive design
- Euronews: EU finds TikTok's addictive design breaches Digital Services Act
- France 24: EU tells TikTok to change 'addictive' design or risk heavy fines
- Financial Times: EU warns TikTok over addictive feeds and risks to children
- ABC: Bruselas acusa a TikTok de violar la ley servicios digitales por su diseño "adictivo"
- El Mundo: Bruselas amenaza a TikTok con una multa millonaria por su "diseño adictivo": "Los jóvenes de 12 a 15 años pasan demasiado tiempo en esta plataforma"
- Il Tempo: Ue, la nuova battaglia è contro TikTok: rischio dipendenza e violazione del DSA
- Die Welt: Tiktok verstößt laut EU gegen europäisches Recht - Brüssel droht mit Strafen - WELT
- elDiario: Bruselas advierte de una multa millonaria a TikTok por sus "funciones adictivas"
- Il sole 24 ORE: La Commissione europea accusa TikTok di creare dipendenza negli utenti
- ANSA: Ue: 'TikTok viola le regole digitali, il design crea dipendenza' - Web & Social - Ansa.it
- La Libre: "Protéger nos enfants": la Commission européenne demande à TikTok de revoir son fonctionnement "addictif", sous peine d'une lourde amende
- Il sole 24 ORE: TikTok: per Ue vi'ola regole digitali, il design crea dipendenza - Il Sole 24 ORE
- Corriere della Sera: La Ue contesta TikTok: il suo "design" crea dipendenza con scorrimento infinito e riproduzione automatica
- RTVE: Bruselas concluye que TikTok vulnera las normas comunitarias por su diseño tóxico y adictivo
- Der Tagesspiegel: Millionenstrafe droht: EU-Kommission wirft TikTok vor, Jugendliche süchtig zu machen
- BFMTV: La Commission européenne dénonce "la conception addictive de Tiktok", l'estime contraire au DSA et demande des changements sous peine d'une lourde amende
- 20minutos: Bruselas concluye que TikTok vulnera las leyes digitales de la UE por su "diseño adictivo"
- France 24: L'Union européenne exhorte TikTok à modifier son interface "addictive"
- Deutsche Welle: Europa: diseño "adictivo" de TikTok vulnera ley comunitaria
- EFE: Bruselas concluye que el diseño "adictivo" de TikTok vulnera la ley comunitaria - EFE
- ANSA: Ue: 'TikTok viola le regole digitali, il design crea dipendenza'. La replica: 'Valutazione falsa e infondata' - Web & Social - Ansa.it
- Franceinfo: La Commission européenne demande à l'application TikTok de changer son interface "addictive"
- 20minutos: Bruselas apoya a Sánchez tras su 'choque' con Musk: "Condenamos cualquier ataque a los líderes de nuestros Estados miembros"
- Público: Bruselas acusa a TikTok de vulnerar la ley por su "diseño adictivo" y le exige cambios
- RAI News: Indagine Commissione europea: TikTok viola la legge sui servizi digitali per il suo design
- France 24: Economía - "TikTok es adictiva": la Unión Europea amenaza con multa millonaria si no hay cambios en su esquema
Facts
- The investigation into TikTok began in February 2024.
- TikTok could face fines of up to 6% of its global turnover.
- The Commission's findings highlight risks to minors' mental health.
- TikTok's current parental controls and screen-time tools are deemed ineffective.
Quotes
- Addiction to social networks can have harmful effects on the mental development of children and adolescents — Henna Virkkunen
- The Commission’s preliminary findings present a categorically false and entirely meritless depiction of our platform — TikTok spokesperson
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