00:02The European Commission has found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for not adequately protecting children's privacy on
00:11its platform.
00:11After allowing adults to view the accounts of minors, one of the issues is that minors from 13 to 15
00:18have a private TikTok account by default, but they can easily change their settings from private to public.
00:25Children's content must never be visible to strangers.
00:30If TikTok does not take these additional steps, minors are exposed to predators, to grooming and to cyberbullying.
00:37Putting default settings for minors is not a beauty contest under the DSA. It must be effective.
00:43TikTok can now defend itself and reply to the findings.
00:46The European Commission has launched an investigation into the Chinese platform's compliance with the Digital Services Act, the EU's rulebook
00:54for online platforms, in 2024.
00:56It is not the first time.
00:58In February, the Commission found TikTok had breached another part of the DSA over its addictive design,
01:04pointing to features such as autoplay and infinite scroll that it said could harm the physical and mental health of
01:10users.
01:12The EU's rulebook for online platforms, the EU's rulebook for online platforms, the EU's rulebook for online platforms,
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