Thierry Breton, a European regulator, sent a harsh letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Thursday, alleging that his agency had “indications” that the site is being used to spread false information and unlawful content on the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
Currently, Breton is the EU’s internal market commissioner. In particular, he noted that young people frequently use the site as a source of news, therefore TikTok must be “timely, rigorous, and objective” about removing false content.
Breton sent such letters this week to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and Elon Musk, owner of X.
Breton wrote in the letter, “First, given that your platform is frequently used by children and teenagers, you have a special responsibility to protect them from violent content depicting hostage taking and other graphic videos that are reportedly widely circulating on your platform, without appropriate safeguards.
TikTok is required to monitor and delete illegal information including terrorist content or unlawful hate speech under the recently passed Digital Services Act in the European Union. TikTok must also explain its procedures for doing this.
Source (CNBC)
