European Commission issued preliminary findings against TikTok under the Digital Services Act, saying accounts belonging to users under 18 can be easily found and viewed by other people. Commission officials said teen profile photos stay accessible to anyone, including people without a TikTok account, and that the platform's settings leave minors exposed to unwanted contact, cyberbullying, and predatory behavior. TikTok defended its teen accounts feature, saying the 50 privacy and safety settings behind it were vetted by experts. The findings came a day after the Commission fined Google €890M under the Digital Markets Act, a decision that drew a warning from US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that enforcement against Big Tech poses a real risk to transatlantic trade stability.
