Reported on February 19, the European Commission announced the official launch of the investigation of TikTok。"Based on the preliminary investigation conducted to date, including the analysis of the risk assessment report submitted by TikTok, and TikTok's response to the Committee's formal enquiry (on illegal content, protection of minors and data access), the Committee has decided to initiate a formal investigation into TikTok under the Digital Services Act," the statement said.。A TikTok spokesperson responded on February 20 that it had pioneered features and settings to protect young people from using the platform for children under the age of 13.。This is a problem that the whole industry is trying to solve.。Will continue to work with experts and the industry to ensure the safety of young people on TikTok, and look forward to the opportunity to explain this work in detail to the committee now。

In 2022, TikTok was under intense scrutiny by the U.S. government for storing a large amount of information about U.S. citizens while the app was popular in the U.S. At the same time, TikTok refused to sell itself to the U.S., so the U.S. authorities believed that TikTok had caused a security threat in the United States.。In December 2022, Congress voted to ban government employees from using TikTok on their devices.。Recently, Forbes exclusively disclosed the contents of the negotiations between the U.S. government and TikTok on regulatory issues at that time.。The website's reporter distilled the U.S. government's request and concluded with five key points。First, the U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Defense and other government departments can inspect TikTok's premises, records, equipment and servers in the United States with little or no notice.Second, TikTok is not allowed to modify its application's terms of service, audit policy and privacy policy in the United States;。Forbes believes that if the draft agreement is finally signed, it will not only give the U.S. government unrestricted access to TikTok's internal data, but will also give the U.S. government "unprecedented" control over TikTok's core functions, which is not possible on other social platforms in the United States.。