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EU Flags TikTok’s ‘Addictive’ Design, Threatens Billions in Fines and Forced UX Changes
The European Commission has preliminarily concluded that TikTok’s design features, including autoplay, recommendation systems and a gamified rewards scheme in TikTok Lite, foster addictive behaviour and violate the Digital Services Act. Brussels has proposed design remedies and warned of fines up to 6% of global turnover; TikTok rejects the findings and plans to challenge them. The dispute forms part of a broader global push to curb minors’ exposure to social platforms and tests the EU’s power to regulate product design.
TikTok Survives US Crackdown by Keeping Its Algorithm and Carving Out a US Data Guardrail
TikTok has set up a US data‑security joint venture and preserved its core algorithm IP by licensing it, while ByteDance retains a 19.9% stake in the new entity and full ownership of US commercial operations. The deal secures the app’s presence in America, attracts major American and global investors, and establishes a template for managing tech‑national security tensions without dismantling the business.