>**Lack of data and youth protection: The video app Tiktok has been criticized for some time. Now the EU Commission has threatened sanctions – because of life-threatening content.**
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>The EU Commission has threatened the head of popular video app Tiktok, Shou Zi Chew, with far-reaching sanctions if his company fails to comply with European rules in the future.
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>It was unacceptable that users could access dangerous and sometimes even life-threatening content within seconds via seemingly fun and harmless features, EU Commissioner Thierry Breton let it be known on Thursday after a conversation with Chew.
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>He was also concerned about allegations that journalists were being spied on and that personal data was being transferred to places outside Europe, he said. He said, *”I signaled very clearly to Tiktok CEO Shou Zi Chew that there is a need to step up efforts to comply with EU laws on data protection, copyright and online platforms.”*
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>He said this is especially true for the EU’s new Digital Services Act (DSA), which will apply to major platforms from Sept. 1 this year. “We will not hesitate to adopt all possible sanctions if audits do not show full compliance,” he added.
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>The new EU law also allows for a ban on services in the EU in the event of repeated serious violations that put people’s lives or safety at risk.
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>The internet platform Tiktok, which belongs to the Chinese Bytedance Group, has long been criticized for, among other things, insufficient data security and a lack of protection for young users. It is feared, for example, that the Chinese state could have access to Tiktok data. Tiktok rejects this.
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>The Irish data protection authority is already investigating Bytedance for possible violations of EU data protection law.
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>In the U.S., the app has long been considered a potential security risk. At the end of December, Congress passed a law banning government officials from downloading the app onto their work phones.
Do it!
Don’t threaten us with a good time EU. Stop teasing us and do it already.
Good!
Lets gooooo
YES PLEASE, I hate this app, what it does to people. I feel so much better now that I got out of it
Do a back flip on the way out you shitty spyware!
Yes please do it already.
Yes please!
I wish the EU and the US would stop beating around the bush and do it already
Treated like all other companies it seems. It’s specifically about heavy sanctions if they fail to comply with European standards. We’re likely to first see big fines. It’s unlikely they’ll actually get banned. They make some adjustments and it’s going to be okay.
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>**Lack of data and youth protection: The video app Tiktok has been criticized for some time. Now the EU Commission has threatened sanctions – because of life-threatening content.**
>
>The EU Commission has threatened the head of popular video app Tiktok, Shou Zi Chew, with far-reaching sanctions if his company fails to comply with European rules in the future.
>
>It was unacceptable that users could access dangerous and sometimes even life-threatening content within seconds via seemingly fun and harmless features, EU Commissioner Thierry Breton let it be known on Thursday after a conversation with Chew.
>
>He was also concerned about allegations that journalists were being spied on and that personal data was being transferred to places outside Europe, he said. He said, *”I signaled very clearly to Tiktok CEO Shou Zi Chew that there is a need to step up efforts to comply with EU laws on data protection, copyright and online platforms.”*
>
>He said this is especially true for the EU’s new Digital Services Act (DSA), which will apply to major platforms from Sept. 1 this year. “We will not hesitate to adopt all possible sanctions if audits do not show full compliance,” he added.
>
>The new EU law also allows for a ban on services in the EU in the event of repeated serious violations that put people’s lives or safety at risk.
>
>The internet platform Tiktok, which belongs to the Chinese Bytedance Group, has long been criticized for, among other things, insufficient data security and a lack of protection for young users. It is feared, for example, that the Chinese state could have access to Tiktok data. Tiktok rejects this.
>
>The Irish data protection authority is already investigating Bytedance for possible violations of EU data protection law.
>
>In the U.S., the app has long been considered a potential security risk. At the end of December, Congress passed a law banning government officials from downloading the app onto their work phones.
Do it!
Don’t threaten us with a good time EU. Stop teasing us and do it already.
Good!
Lets gooooo
YES PLEASE, I hate this app, what it does to people. I feel so much better now that I got out of it
Do a back flip on the way out you shitty spyware!
Yes please do it already.
Yes please!
I wish the EU and the US would stop beating around the bush and do it already
Treated like all other companies it seems. It’s specifically about heavy sanctions if they fail to comply with European standards. We’re likely to first see big fines. It’s unlikely they’ll actually get banned. They make some adjustments and it’s going to be okay.