{"id":128362,"date":"2026-11-08T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T08:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/european-commission-calls-on-tiktok-to-change-its-harmful-design-what-are-the-risks\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T07:27:36","slug":"european-commission-calls-on-tiktok-to-change-its-harmful-design-what-are-the-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/european-commission-calls-on-tiktok-to-change-its-harmful-design-what-are-the-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"European Commission calls on TikTok to change its \u201charmful design\u201d. What are the risks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The European Union warned TikTok on Friday that it must change the <em>\u201charmful\u201d<\/em> design of its personalized <em>\u201cFor You<\/em>\u201d feed. Otherwise, the platform faces substantial fines under the bloc\u2019s digital rules, following the discovery of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antena3.ro\/externe\/uniunea-europeana\/comisia-europeana-acuza-tiktok-ca-produce-dependenta-creierul-intra-in-modul-pilot-automat-platforma-risca-o-amenda-uriasa-776336.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preliminary evidence of violations<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European Commission has accused the platform of breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA) because of the <em>\u201charmful rabbit-hole effect,\u201d<\/em> whereby TikTok\u2019s algorithm repeatedly recommends similar videos. This risks leaving users, particularly children, vulnerable to harmful content.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TikTok rejected the Commission\u2019s findings, saying they misrepresent how the platform operates and the measures it has taken to protect users.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Commission launched its investigation into possible DSA violations by TikTok more than two years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antena3.ro\/externe\/uniunea-europeana\/ue-cere-tiktok-sa-schimbe-algoritmul-care-recomanda-videoclipuri-ce-este-efectul-vizuinii-iepurelui-si-de-ce-ar-fi-periculos-810231.html\">Antena3<\/a> reports.<br\/><br\/>Earlier this year, two further sets of preliminary findings were issued. The platform was accused of using<em> \u201caddictive design\u201d features<\/em> that encourage compulsive use of the app among children, and of failing to adequately protect their online privacy rights.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In July, the EU also called on Meta to change the <em>\u201caddictive\u201d<\/em> design of Facebook and Instagram.<br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/><br\/><strong><br\/><\/strong><br\/><br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union warned TikTok on Friday that it must change the \u201charmful\u201d design of its personalized \u201cFor You\u201d feed. Otherwise, the platform faces substantial fines under the bloc\u2019s digital rules, following the discovery of preliminary evidence of violations. The European Commission has accused the platform of breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA) because of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":107750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1135],"tags":[16996,15447,21346,17052,19073],"class_list":["post-128362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-foreign-affairs-en","tag-children-2","tag-eu-2","tag-harmful","tag-request-2","tag-tiktok"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>European Commission calls on TikTok to change its \u201charmful design\u201d. What are the risks - DISINFO.MD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"European Commission calls on TikTok to change its \u201charmful design\u201d. 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