Commission preliminarily finds TikTok’s ad repository in breach of the Digital Services Act

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has informed TikTok of its preliminary view that the company does not fulfil the Digital Services Act (DSA)‘s obligation to publish an advertisement repository. Such an advertising repository is critical for researchers and civil society to detect scam advertisements, hybrid threat […]

Commission opens formal proceedings against TikTok on election risks under the Digital Services Act

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Commission opens formal proceedings against TikTok on election risks under the Digital Services Act Today, the Commission has opened formal proceedings against TikTok for a suspected breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in relation to TikTok’s obligation to properly assess and mitigate systemic […]

Commission opens formal proceedings against TikTok under the Digital Services Act

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether TikTok may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to the protection of minors, advertising transparency, data access for researchers, as well as the risk management of addictive design and harmful content. On the basis […]

Commission strengthens cybersecurity and suspends the use of TikTok on its corporate devices

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. To increase its cybersecurity, the Commission’s Corporate Management Board has decided to suspend the use of the TikTok application on its corporate devices and on personal devices enrolled in the Commission mobile device service. This measure aims to protect the Commission against cybersecurity threats […]

This is how TikTok helped propel book sales to a bestselling year

Commission accepts TikTok's commitments on advertising transparency under the Digital Services Act

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ian Shine, Senior Writer, Formative Content #BookTok is helping drive up sales of print books, according to an industry analyst. Readers bought over 825 million print books in the US in 2021, more than in any year since […]

Can a TikTok star or autonomous trucks reverse the global shortage of commercial drivers?

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content There are too few drivers entering the commercial trucking sector, says a new survey. Global supply chains rely on there being enough drivers to keep goods moving. Over a quarter of truck […]

I accidentally went viral on TikTok. I learned we failed our youngest generation.

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Anna Grajales, Global Shaper, Leon Hub It’s 7:05 AM. I’m waiting to board a flight, coffee in hand – but I’m filled with dread. I’ve never understood why people make a line before the flight allows passengers to […]

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