EU preliminarily finds TikTok's For You feed in breach of Digital Services Act over harmful rabbit holes
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The European Commission has issued preliminary findings that TikTok breached the Digital Services Act through the design of its For You recommender feed, which intensifies exposure to sadness, isolation and body image content as engagement with such material grows. The findings concern TikTok's risk assessment and mitigation obligations for systemic risks to mental health, particularly for vulnerable adults and minors. No CVEs or technical remediation steps are described; the matter is a regulatory enforcement action at preliminary stage.
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