The EU says that TikTok's “addictive design” is illegal under the DSA, citing the app's infinite scroll and recommendation algorithm, in preliminary findings
European Union regulators said the app's infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children.
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Discussion
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@davidcarretta
David Carretta
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Finally. Some action by the European Commission on the addictiveness of TikTok. — Its design is illegal. — ec.europa.eu/commission/p... [image]
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@hennavirkkunen
Henna Virkkunen
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The DSA makes platforms responsible for the effects they can have on their users. — In Europe, we enforce our legislation to protect our children and our citizens online. — ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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@alexvonwitzleben
@alexvonwitzleben
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Today, the European Commission preliminarily found #TikTok in breach of the #DigitalServicesAct for its addictive design, such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its highly personalised recommender system constantly ‘rewarding’ users with new content ec.europa.…
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@stevepeers
Steve Peers
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EU tech law — EU Commission preliminary finding that TikTok has breached Digital Services Act re ‘addictive design’ ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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@justinhendrix
Justin Hendrix
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The EU Commission has preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act over its addictive design — infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications & hyper-personalized recommendations. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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@judiciarygop
@judiciarygop
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Show us your full findings, @EU_commission. As the world saw with the massive fine against @X, the Commission's punitive actions against platforms have proven to be pretextual to coerce platforms to censor more political speech. The Committee is deeply concerned that the
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@mikebenzcyber
Mike Benz
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Literally fining a product 6% of its global revenue because people like it too much.
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@prestonjbyrne
Preston Byrne
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The European Commission is trying to change the subject. America is not upset with the Commission over what it believes. America is upset that it is trying to control speech and conduct which occurs on U.S. servers and U.S. soil, which is a question of U.S. sovereignty.