Digital Services Act: EU Commission initiates proceedings against TikTok

According to a report, the EU has initiated proceedings against Tiktok. This is reported by Spiegel , citing correspondence between EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton and FDP MEP Moritz Körner. Breton wrote that the Commission had found “concrete and reliable evidence” that the Chinese platform violated the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission therefore “initiated formal infringement proceedings” on February 19, Spiegel quoted the Commissioner as saying.

The FDP politician had previously drawn the commission’s attention to a US study that came to the conclusion that TikTok probably “systematically promotes or demotes content depending on whether it corresponds to the interests of the Chinese government,” as Körner wrote. The letter and the study “received our full attention,” Breton said in a response.

The company faces punishment if the commission’s investigation confirms its suspicions. Under the DSA, it can impose a fine of up to six percent of global annual turnover. It could also temporarily ban TikTok in the EU.

“TikTok is a propaganda machine,” Körner told Spiegel . It can only survive in the EU “if it is ensured that pro-Western content is not suppressed in the interests of China.”

According to a report, the EU has initiated proceedings against Tiktok. This is reported by Spiegel , citing correspondence between EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton and FDP MEP Moritz Körner. Breton wrote that the Commission had found “concrete and reliable evidence” that the Chinese platform violated the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission therefore “initiated formal infringement proceedings” on February 19, Spiegel quoted the Commissioner as saying.

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