while in United States of America wave of restrictions grows to ban its use TikTok Among public servants, senior leaders of the European Union (EU) will meet with the company this Tuesday to address suspicions of both violations. privacy as well as the impact of the Chinese video platform on the mental health of minors.
CEO of TikTok, Shou Zi ChewHe travelled Brussels To meet with the European Competition Commissioner, Margrethe VestagerSecurities and Transparency Commissioner, Vera Jourovaand the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson.
These meetings are expected to serve to address thorny issues such as protecting the personal data of European users, which came to the fore following a change in the company’s control policies that revealed that Chinese employees had access to such non-public information. The meeting took place less than three weeks after it was revealed that TikTok was spying on a geolocated journalist to try to discover his source within the company.
EU is investigating TikTok
All these discussions led to United States of America to prepare a partial ban applicationHe is seen as a “threat to national security” by the FBI. This hostility is also growing in Europe. While the community club has yet to choose such drastic measures, the European regulator is investigating whether its citizens’ data should be transferred to China.
European officials will also chat with the CEO of TikTok about the implementation of the Digital Services Act, the leading EU law to regulate large tech companies. A Vestager spokesperson explained that its purpose is to “review how the company is preparing to meet its (possible) obligations under our regulations.”
Issues such as the problems that the youngest may experience while using the video platform will also be addressed. French President Emmanuel Macron accused TikTok of creating “truth”. dependence“among children and to be a resource disinformation Russian.