This didn’t immediately trigger a probe from the Brussels-based authority. Instead, it expanded an older set of questions to TikTok with new queries about the platform’s system to recommend content to users and the risks of malicious actors exploiting the app.
It also called TikTok, Facebook parent Meta, Google, Microsoft and X in for a chat.
The Commission’s cautious approach starkly contrasted with fury from European lawmakers about how TikTok handled the election, especially during a hearing with the company’s executives about a week after Georgescu’s win.
“There’s no ability to intervene quickly in these situations, and the platforms clearly don’t seem to care,” European lawmaker Kim Van Sparrentak from the Greens lashed out.
Only minutes later, the Commission’s Rita Wezenbeek, boss of the platforms directorate, said the EU executive had not formed an opinion yet.
The ultimate sore point is the speed of DSA enforcement which doesn’t come close to matching the rapid spread of social media.
