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Today, we ordered TikTok to freeze and preserve all data and evidence linked to the Romanian elections.

This follows recent declassified information pointing to foreign interference from Russia.

We are also intensifying contacts with digital and cyber regulators across Europe in light of emerging evidence of systematic inauthentic activity.
A key step to enforce the Digital Services Act.

More: europa.eu/!fN4Xt6

#EU #DSA

A visual with eight yellow stars on a purple background and six icons representing notifications, security, search, and ads placed around the stars. At the centre is a magnifying glass with a chart inside. The text at the bottom reads 'DIGITAL SERVICES ACT' and 'TikTok must freeze and preserve all data and evidence linked to the Romanian elections.' The European Commission logo is in the lower right corner.
5 December at 12:22 | Open on ec.social-network.europa.eu
21 comments
Huubje
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@Huubje @EUCommission it has to include all the closed source social media platforms.

OTOH we're talking about a government that still didn't ban the X/Twitter but still playing around as an angel.

We're not eating these though, just fyi EU.

5 December at 12:26 | Open on mas.to
GolfNovemberUniform

@Huubje @EUCommission I guess because everyone else did it already.

5 December at 12:29 | Open on infosec.exchange
Edoardo

@Huubje @EUCommission there has been recent investigation into it by NGOs and other civil groups related to unregulated political advertising on the platform related to the elections
edri.org/our-work/tiktok-catal

5 December at 12:33 | Open on hachyderm.io
Huubje

@endorama @EUCommission thanks for the link! I still need to look into the supplied sources but this seems like run of the mill stuff? Political manipulation is rampant on all platforms.

5 December at 12:49 | Open on ieji.de
Petra van Cronenburg
Georgeeeeeee

@endorama @Huubje @EUCommission not only ngos. as of this time the constitutional court was convocated like three times to decide whether the first round is cancelled or not

5 December at 14:09 | Open on mastodon.social
Markus

@Huubje @EUCommission
Because of TikTok already having been identified as a major source: bbc.com/news/articles/cgq18w50. Whether the Romanian authorities also looked at other services remains unknown - maybe X is making it harder to investigate behind-the-scenes funding streams nowadays? Would not be surprising...

5 December at 13:04 | Open on mastodon.green
tyx

@Huubje @EUCommission
Do you know many other state-controlled social networks? Except for RU VK. That's why.

5 December at 13:04 | Open on lor.sh
Ariel
Petra van Cronenburg

@EUCommission And what about the biggest disinformation machine Twitter? Are there any actions?

5 December at 12:31 | Open on mastodon.online
Maksym Hazevych

@NatureMC @EUCommission IMHO TikTok is much more popular than Twitter, so it is a more important target

5 December at 12:45 | Open on mstdn.social
Petra van Cronenburg

@mks_h It doesn't depend on popularity but on complying to the EU law or not!
The EU already had different actions, also against Twitter and Meta. Therefore, I ask about the elections-action.

@EUCommission

5 December at 13:07 | Open on mastodon.online
Playing With Fediverse
Inc Hulk

@EUCommission Allowing the Chinese-owned software to be used in the EU is a privilege, or a right (same for Twitter and Facebook).

5 December at 12:48 | Open on mastodon.green
NOMORE

@EUCommission

A key step to enforce the Digital Services Act...

Against Russia?
5 December at 13:16 | Open on mastodon.social
AlexTECPlayz

@EUCommission That is wonderful to see. I wonder if there's anything you could do regarding TikTok's harmful challenges, like the recent "Superman Challenge", in which someone throws themselves with one hand forward into the arms of others? There have been at least dozens of cases here in Romania where children and teens have had to go to the hospital with severe injuries due to this dumb challenge.

5 December at 13:18 | Open on techhub.social
itikaneida

@EUCommission Great news, hopefully there will also be ramifications for possible non-compliance to that order.

For commenters who didn't read the linked page: the Commission received specific information regarding TikTok (most likely from an EU state's police or intelligence agency). Meta, Google and X were also asked to explain their operations regarding the election.

5 December at 13:35 | Open on wehavecookies.social
alan4444

@EUCommission TikTok is garbage CCP platform having backdoors.

5 December at 13:38 | Open on aus.social
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