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TikTok charged with breaching EU online content rules
- European Union regulators formally accused TikTok in 2025 of breaching digital content rules related to its handling of ads and election risks in Romania.
- The investigation began in February 2024 after Romania's 2024 presidential election faced turmoil from alleged electoral violations and Russian meddling, with concerns TikTok did not sufficiently address these risks.
- The EU Commission found TikTok's ad repository does not meet the Digital Services Act standards, limiting transparency on who pays for ads and why users see them, which hinders full risk inspection.
- Henna Virkkunen, the EU's digital chief, highlighted that limitations in TikTok's advertising database hinder a comprehensive evaluation of the potential risks associated with its ad targeting methods, while TikTok expressed support for the regulation's objectives but disagreed with certain interpretations put forth by the Commission.
- TikTok can respond before a final EU decision that could impose a fine up to six percent of its annual global revenue, reflecting increased regulatory scrutiny over platform transparency and election-related disinformation.
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