The TikTok social network must comply in Europe if it does not want to risk total banishment.
Although we thought that the social networking market was in the hands of Meta (Facebook, Instagram), Twitter and Snapchat, the Chinese Bytedance came to show us otherwise in a few years with TikTok.
Wanting to ensure that social networks are as secure as possible, the European Union would like to impose the same rules on TikTok as on other services.
rules to follow
It was Thierry Breton, at the European Commission in charge of monitoring the internal market, who indicated that he was not satisfied with TikTok’s current policy: “ it is not acceptable for users to access violent and sometimes even life-threatening containers ».
The EU wants to be especially attentive to TikTok because of its audience: “ a young audience comes with great responsibilities declared Thierry Breton, not without being inspired by Uncle Ben.
The threat
The politician here wants to make use of the Digital Services Act, or DSA, an upcoming EU regulation that should allow for better control of tech giants. If enforced now, it could be considered a ban from TikTok.
A way for the European Union to now ask TikTok to comply to avoid problems later.
Thierry Breton highlights several problems that social networks in the broad sense need to take more seriously: user data leaks, use of the platform to spy on journalists, bot-driven misinformation, online bullying, or further promoting eating disorders.
In other words, TikTok needs to quickly improve its moderation.
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