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The Claim

The European Commission preliminarily found that TikTok fails to ensure that features of children’s and teenagers’ accounts meet the Digital Services Act (DSA) safety standards.

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The Short Version

Available reporting supports that the European Commission issued preliminary findings against TikTok over minors’ account settings under the DSA. The reported concern is that default settings for minors exposed accounts or content too broadly. The main caveat is scope: the finding appears to target specific settings for minors, not every feature of children’s and teenagers’ accounts, and it is not a final decision.

Caveats

  • This is a preliminary Commission finding, not a final legal determination or penalty.
  • The reported issue concerns minors’ default account settings, visibility, and discoverability; the claim’s word “features” is broader than the clearest reporting.
  • Several listed sources concern older or different TikTok DSA cases, such as addictive design or ad-transparency issues, and should not be treated as direct support for this specific finding.

The Receipts

  1. TikTok charged with breaching EU tech rules on online safety for kids

    Channel NewsAsia

  2. Commission preliminarily finds TikTok's addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act

    European Commission

  3. Commission opens formal proceedings against TikTok under the Digital Services Act

    European Commission

  4. EU opens formal investigation into TikTok over possible breaches of DSA

    Reuters

  5. Parliamentary question | Answer for question E-000983/24 | E-000983/2024(ASW)

    European Parliament

  6. TikTok faces EU preliminary findings over minors' account settings

    MLex

  7. European Commission preliminary findings: TikTok's ad repository in breach of the DSA

    European Audiovisual Observatory (Council of Europe)

  8. TikTok's Addictive Design Breaches the DSA According to EU (midday press briefing clip)

    European Commission (YouTube press briefing)

  9. European Commission investigation into TikTok's compliance with requirements regarding protection of minors under the DSA

    Digital Policy Alert

  10. TikTok charged with breaching EU tech rules on online safety for kids, EU says

    Reuters

+ 18 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

Filed Under

Digital Services ActEuropean CommissionTikTok

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