EU Launches Investigation Into Whether TikTok Is Safe for Children

Published on February 19, 2024

The European Union has launched an investigation into whether TikTok may have broken EU laws concerning the protection of minors, advertising transparency, and data sharing. On Monday, the European Commission—the EU’s executive branch—announced it began formal investigative proceedings into whether TikTok is in breach of the EU’s 2022 Digital Services Act (DSA). “On the basis of the preliminary investigation conducted so far, including on the basis of an analysis of the risk assessment report sent by TikTok in September 2023, as well as TikTok’s replies to the Commission’s formal Requests for Information (on illegal content, protection of minors, and data access), the Commission has decided to open formal proceedings against TikTok under the Digital Services Act,” the commission announced....

Continue reading on website
Other news

‘It’s Devastating’: Three Children, Two Seniors Dead in Saskatchewan House Fire

February 19, 2024
Investigators sifted through the charred remains of a home in central Saskatchewan on Feb. 19 following a fire that killed two seniors and three children.The weekend blaze decimated the home in Davidson, a town halfway between Regina and Saskatoon, torching the roof, shattering windows and leaving pockmarked burns on melted siding.Neighbour Diane Taylor said she saw flames billow from the roof of

Fixation on CO2 Ignores Real Driver of Temperature, Say Experts

February 19, 2024
Each year from 2023 to 2030, climate change sustainable development goals will cost every person in economies such as the United States $2,026, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development estimates. In lower-income economies, the per-person annual cost ranges from $332 to $1,864.In total, the global price tag comes to about $5.5 trillion per year.Separately, a report from the left-aligned nonprof