"We are now thoroughly investigating whether TikTok has violated the Digital Services Act by failing to tackle such risks," stated Commission President Ursula von der Leyen according to a press release.
The Commission will investigate whether TikTok's recommender system was manipulated by automated bot accounts. It will also review TikTok's policies on political advertisements, since third parties contacted the Commission saying that there was not enough control of payments for political content advertisements on TikTok.
Far-right and pro-Russian candidate Călin Georgescu has faced allegations that his candidacy benefitted from coordinated endorsement of his political views through payments to influencers for promotional content on TikTok.
The Commission issued an order to TikTok to preserve any internal document and data related to 'actual or foreseeable systemic risks its service could pose on electoral processes and civic discourse in the EU.'
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