The EU has investigated TikTok Lite's launch in France and Spain. The European Union (EU) is putting pressure on ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to provide additional details regarding the launch of TikTok Lite in France and Spain.
The European Union said Monday it is investigating whether TikTok has broken the bloc's strict new digital rules for cleaning up social media and keeping internet users safe. The European Commission, the EU's executive branch, said it has “opened formal proceedings to assess" whether TikTok has breached the Digital Services Act, which took effect last year. The DSA is a sweeping set of regulations designed to keep internet users safe online, including requirements to make it easier to flag harmful or illegal content like hate speech, give users alternatives to algorithmic recommendations and ban ads targeted at children.