The European Commission takes official measures against “TikTok”

The European Commission has begun taking formal measures against TikTok under a new digital services law, to check whether the network provides sufficient protection for children from unwanted data. Bloomberg recently quoted sources in the European Commission as saying, “The Commission will begin in the coming weeks to conduct investigations into TikTok in accordance with the new digital services law, due to concerns about the risks that minors may be exposed to from using social media networks.” The agency quoted Thierry Breton, the European Union Commissioner for Internal Market Affairs, as saying, “Protecting minors is a top priority for implementing the Digital Services Law. As TikTok is a platform that reaches millions of children and teenagers, it must fully comply with the law, and play a special role in protecting minors online.” . On October 19, 2023, the European Commission sent a request to TikTok asking it to report on the measures taken to combat disinformation and the spread of illegal content online. This request came amid data from the Commission showing an increase in the level of disinformation and calls for violence online due to the sharp escalation of the conflict in the Middle East in October, and later the Commission stated that it had received responses from online platforms to requests related to combating online disinformation and was examining them. There are many Internet platforms that the European Commission has begun investigations under the new laws, including: Alibaba AliExpress, Amazon Store, Apple AppStore, Booking.com, Facebook, Google Play, Google Maps, Google Shopping, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Snapchat. , TikTok, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, Zalando, as well as the search engines Bing and Google Search.