BrusselsThe Commission charged TikTok’s feed design, not one video.
TikTok has 189 million EU users, and the content in question is legal.
Tapping “not interested” leaves diet and body-image videos in the feed, and refreshing helps only briefly, the Commission found.
TikTok called the Commission’s earlier addictive-design findings false and meritless, and has not yet commented on this one.
TikTok can change its recommender system to avoid a fine of up to 6% of global turnover.
How each outlet framed it
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- The Guardian leans critical
- stresses the case targets the engagement business model itself, noting TikTok's "not interested" button failed to stop eating-pattern content
- The Record leans critical
- quotes the Commission's own language on the For You feed and notes TikTok had flagged some of these risks in its own assessments
Sources: The Guardian, The Record