We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
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Hello @hans! First, TikTok now as the right to a written defence. After this, if a breach of the DSA is established, a fine can indeed be a consequence.
In a recent example, the company X was fined €120 million for breaching transparency obligations, including deceptive design practices and lack of transparency in its advertising repository.
You can learn more about how enforcement proceedings work here: https://link.europa.eu/3kC9Vg@EUCommission Thanks for the reaction
️The €120 million for X doesn't mean a lot, that doesn't hurt. Small price to pay for spreading desinformation and influencing European elections. Eloon would pay that with a big smile on his face.
A fine of 6% of the annual global revenue would hurt, that's the type of fine that sends the message "we're serious".
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Hi there, @grob!
The DSA has been in force since November 2022, and fully applicable since February 2024. Since then we have launched many investigations, made companies comply to our rules, and fined some.
You can find a comprehensive overview of other companies we are supervising here: https://link.europa.eu/ngkJPH@EUCommission
keep it up! Rule of law is what I'm here for 
But please do not make client side scanning in any way part of that law. It is so dangerous! Imagine an autocracy had that kind of access to its citizens' data and thought.
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We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:
Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission 6% only? why not 10? make it a fine that's worthwhile the ensuing law suits!
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@EUCommission 6% only? why not 10? make it a fine that's worthwhile the ensuing law suits!
I'm for 100%, considering how long these companies have been disrupting democracy on purpose.
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I'm for 100%, considering how long these companies have been disrupting democracy on purpose.
@quincy even better
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We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission STOP THE CENSORSHIP AND THE SPYING ON US
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We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission So all social media, including Mastodon, should be banned too?
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We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission facebook, instagram and x also have this addictive features in their design…
I guess that you apply the same logic as in sanctioning Russia but not Israel (their worse crimes do not bother you the least). -
@EUCommission So all social media, including Mastodon, should be banned too?
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I'm for 100%, considering how long these companies have been disrupting democracy on purpose.
@quincy
I second that.
@energisch_ @EUCommission -
We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission Errr... Mastodon has infinite scroll!
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We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission right move, only first three listed aspects are misleading, because practically every application with a news feed does the same thing. The recommender system and ignoring the parental controls on the other hand are plausible.
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We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission I preliminary found that the European Commission is focussing to much on petty issues instead of focussing on:
* A coherent energy & grid strategy
* The demographic collapse & lack of labor mobility
* A truly unified European capital market
* The erosion of democratic legitimacy through the judicial expansion.The European Commission can now excercise its right to reply to me.
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We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission Based on those wordings, I don't see the difference to Instagram, Facebook or Snap.
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We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission Those same indicators of addictive design are present when it comes to Youtube, Facebook and Insta as well. Why aren't fines being issued in that case? Just so you don't anger Trump? The DSA should be applied to every platform, american ones are not an exception!!
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We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission other platforms are same. reddit,instagram,x all are designned to keep user as long as possible
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We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission preliminarily*
Anyway wonderful news! -
@EUCommission So all social media, including Mastodon, should be banned too?
@RazvanNicolescu02 @EUCommission Mastodon does not use an algoritmic timeline, nor does it optimize for keeping people hooked to the screen as long as possible. Big difference.
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We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission
#Mastodon also has those design features! -
We've preliminary found that TikTok is in breach of the DSA for its addictive design.
There are important indicators of compulsive use of the app that TikTok has disregarded in its risk assessment.
Key features of the addictive design:Infinite scrollAutoplayPush notificationsHighly personalised recommender system
We consider that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service.TikTok can now exercise its right to examine and reply to the finding.
@EUCommission, financial fines are not enough. If a company is allowed to still operate in EU while just paying fines and being sued, it may just accept it as a business cost.
Instead, when company fails to comply with our laws, it must stop operations in EU. They have chance to comply, even several. If they are not capable of using them, they are threat to Europe and must be dealt as such.
