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The EU has indicted TikTok for infractions of digital regulations, citing a pronounced lack of transparency in its advertising protocols.

The EU has indicted TikTok for infractions of digital regulations, citing a pronounced lack of transparency in its advertising protocols.

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May 23rd, 2025

The EU has indicted TikTok for infractions of digital regulations, citing a pronounced lack of transparency in its advertising protocols.

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On
~에
Thursday,
목요일
European
유럽의
Union
연합
regulators
규제 기관
formally
공식적으로
accused
고발하다, 비난하다
TikTok
틱톡
of
violating
위반하다
digital
디지털의
content
콘텐츠, 내용물
rules,
규칙, 규정
citing
인용하다
an
하나의
egregious
엄청난, 지독한
lack
부족, 결핍
of
transparency
투명성
in
~안에, ~내에
the
advertisements
광고
displayed
보여주었다, 나타냈...
to
~로
users
사용자들
of
the
video-sharing
동영상 공유
platform.
플랫폼
Preliminary
예비의, 준비의
investigative
수사의, 조사하는
findings
연구 결과, 조사 ...
from
~로부터
the
European
유럽의
Commission
위원회
suggest
제안하다
that
라는 것을
TikTok's
틱톡의
advertising
광고
repository
저장소
conspicuously
눈에 띄게
fails
실패들
to
~로
meet
만나다
the
Digital
디지털
Services
서비스
Act
법률
(DSA)
디지털 서비스 법

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ko-KR

The European Union's regulatory bodies levied a formal accusation against TikTok on Thursday, asserting its contravention of digital content regulations due to an unacceptable opacity in the advertisements presented to users of the video-sharing application.

The European Commission's preliminary investigative findings indicate that TikTok's advertising repository falls demonstrably short of the Digital Services Act (DSA) benchmarks stipulated by the bloc, revealing potential systemic inadequacies in its adherence to regulatory mandates.

The committee posited that an advertising database is indispensable for researchers to detect not only fraudulent advertisements but also so-called hybrid threat campaigns, orchestrated disinformation operations, and counterfeit promotions, adding that this is particularly crucial "within electoral contexts and analogous situations."

The Digital Services Act constitutes a sweeping compendium of regulations designed to curate social media platforms and shield users from exigent risks, including election-related disinformation; platforms are mandated to ensure transparency concerning digital advertising, elucidating the rationale behind ad targeting and disclosing the identities of the financial benefactors underwriting said advertisements.

The committee posited that TikTok's failure to furnish obligatory information concerning the substance of advertisements, targeted demographics, and the entities responsible for underwriting advertising expenditures, substantively impairs the utility of their analytical apparatus, precluding comprehensive advertisement retrieval based on said metadata.

TikTok has affirmed that it is scrutinising the committee's findings and remains resolutely committed to fulfilling its obligations under the Digital Services Act.

The corporation stated in a formal communiqué that while it remains steadfast in its support of the regulatory objectives and is committed to the ongoing refinement of advertising transparency mechanisms, it dissents from certain interpretations promulgated by the Committee, further observing that guidance is being disseminated via preliminary findings, rather than through the provision of definitive and lucid disclosure guidelines.

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the Committee on Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy, asserted that deficiencies in the advertising database preclude a "holistic examination" of the risks inherent within the advertising targeting architecture.

"Vilkunen asserted that the transparency of online advertising—specifically, elucidating the provenance of advertising expenditure and the mechanics of audience targeting—is paramount to safeguarding the public interest, arguing that whether fortifying the integrity of democratic elections, shielding public health, or insulating consumers from deceptive advertising practices, enfranchised citizens possess an inalienable right to ascertain the vested interests underpinning the messages to which they are exposed."

TikTok will be afforded the opportunity to present its case to the committee prior to the rendition of a definitive judgment, which, potentially, could culminate in the imposition of a pecuniary sanction amounting to a maximum of six percent of the corporation's aggregated annual global revenue.

TikTok also faces a discrete EU investigation examining whether the platform inadequately mitigated risks pertaining to the Romanian presidential elections of the previous year, which were mired in allegations of electoral impropriety and suspected Russian interference.

May 23rd, 2025

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