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Europe's digital regulator, the European Commission, issued a preliminary findin
Europe's digital regulator, the European Commission, issued a preliminary finding this week that TikTok's main recommendation system breaches the Digital Services Act, an EU law governing large online platforms. At issue is the platform's 'For You' feed, which adjusts content suggestions based on a user's viewing history. Officials say the system can push users into loops of increasingly similar content — including material about body image or isolation — in a pattern they describe as a 'rabbit hole' effect. TikTok has denied the findings and would have an opportunity to respond before any final ruling is issued. If a breach is confirmed, fines could reach up to six percent of the company's global annual revenue. The case feeds a wider debate, active in many countries, about how algorithmic systems that shape what people see online should be governed. Do you think governments should be able to regulate how platforms decide what content to show you?