TikTok Urged by EU Digital Chief to Implement New Regulations Promptly
The European commissioner responsible for the digital market has called on TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing platform, to speed up its implementation of the latest EU standards.
Strict new European rules on transparency, data protection, child protection, disinformation and hate speech come into effect next month, and internet giants are racing to comply.
On Monday, TikTok conducted a “stress test” of its systems at its European headquarters in Dublin to determine whether it could adapt to the EU’s digital services law.
Later, European Commissioner Thierry Breton called TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to find out how it went, warning him: “Now is the time to fully speed up compliance.”
In June, Breton sent the same message to the US Twitter platform after conducting a similar stress test to check its own ability to police suspicious content.
The DSA became law in November, but the network’s 19 biggest players – platforms such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft – have until August 25 to get in line.
