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TikTok facing threat of EU fines in digital content clampdown
The probe comes four months after the media platform was fined almost €350m by Ireland’s data watchdog over its handling of teenagers’ privacy
TikTok risks heavy European Union penalties under tough new content rules for Big Tech after regulators announced a formal investigation into its alleged failure to protect minors who use the video-sharing platform.
Thierry Breton, EU internal market commissioner, announced on Monday that TikTok would face a formal investigation under the bloc’s flagship Digital Services Act — which empowers regulators to levy fines of as much as 6 per cent of annual sales, or ban repeat ...