Europe announces launch of formal probe into TikTok under digital rights law

The European Commission is investigating TikTok for violating Europe’s landmark Digital Services Act (DSA) through its alleged addictive design, lack of age verification, privacy shortcomings and other potential violations, the commission announced Monday. Investigators will examine whether the social media app violated the DSA by failing to protect minors, creating advertising policies that lacked transparency,

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