"EU Launches Formal Probe into TikTok Over Content Breaches and Child Safety Concerns"

The European Union has launched a formal investigation into TikTok over potential breaches of online content rules, focusing on issues such as protecting minors, transparent advertising, addictive design, screen time limits, and privacy settings. The investigation comes under the new Digital Services Act (DSA) and could result in fines of up to 6% of TikTok's global turnover if found guilty. TikTok has stated its commitment to working with experts to ensure the safety of young users and looks forward to explaining its efforts to the European Commission. This marks the second DSA investigation after Elon Musk's social media platform X faced scrutiny in December.