@tehpw@mstdn.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu @ikuturso@mastodon.social That is amazing, especially as if they are counting as only local users and not connected users through federation.

@stux @EUCommission I don't think we need short-video platforms at all

The purpose of the very idea of a short video platform is to be addictive and detrimental to attention spans.

@EUCommission Great, now give them a fine that really hurts.

@EUCommission

"Kids between 12 and 15 spend 4 to 5 hours daily on Tiktok."

140 million users in the European Union alone.

Tiktok sure is an abomination but one must ask as well why parents and grandparents are so busy that they can't properly engage with their own kids. The cost of living crisis made of Tiktok a convenient child minder. Same with Youtube, on that regard.

#Europe #EuropeanUnion #Tiktok

@EUCommission - What an App to lose brain cells.

@sam @EUCommission @ikuturso I think adding all up would be hard to argue, because one instance operator doesn't have influence over the experience of other instances' users. (doesn't mean someone won't try and fail to make that argument at some point). I imagine the Commission would add up users if the same person or company runs multiple instances, which makes sense. Think: Meta opening multiple Threads instances, splitting the userbase & federating between them to avoid DSA rules.

@EUCommission listen to this guy @stux

@EUCommission I think that most apps fall in this same category. Not only social networks but even newspapers.

@minfer@masto.es @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Knowing Search Engines do, most likely newspapers, blogs and more might get into that category to, unless it only counts when it's interaction on the website directly.

@tehpw@mstdn.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu @ikuturso@mastodon.social Tbh if Threads done that, it would make it a lot better of a push for full federation between the rest of things as I think they are still on a strange partial federation.

Hi there, @grob!
The DSA has been in force since November 2022, and fully applicable since February 2024. Since then we have launched many investigations, made companies comply to our rules, and fined some.
You can find a comprehensive overview of other companies we are supervising here: https://link.europa.eu/ngkJPH

Hello @axeln, META also falls under the category of "Very Large Online Platforms", which we supervise.
You can find an overview of all ongoing investigations for all these large companies here:
https://link.europa.eu/ngkJPH

@jonben @EUCommission

Do you know how a fine works? Tiktok has to PAY US up to 6%, not the other way around lol

Jokes aside, it deserves a ban, but Gen Alpha would riot

Hello @hans! First, TikTok now as the right to a written defence. After this, if a breach of the DSA is established, a fine can indeed be a consequence.
In a recent example, the company X was fined €120 million for breaching transparency obligations, including deceptive design practices and lack of transparency in its advertising repository.
You can learn more about how enforcement proceedings work here: https://link.europa.eu/3kC9Vg

@sam @EUCommission @ikuturso
If it were clear to the userbase that they were on different instances, maybe

Threads does federate with other ActivityPub services afaik. I followed some Threads accounts when it first opened. It's just de-facto unfederated now cause many large non-corporate instances have since blocked them. I understand why. Meta has unceremoniously scrapped open protocols before (Facebook messenger had XMPP when it first started). So their commitment is unreliable at best.

@EUCommission Thanks for the reaction ️

The €120 million for X doesn't mean a lot, that doesn't hurt. Small price to pay for spreading desinformation and influencing European elections. Eloon would pay that with a big smile on his face.

A fine of 6% of the annual global revenue would hurt, that's the type of fine that sends the message "we're serious".

@EUCommission keep it up! Rule of law is what I'm here for

But please do not make client side scanning in any way part of that law. It is so dangerous! Imagine an autocracy had that kind of access to its citizens' data and thought.

@energisch_ @EUCommission

I'm for 100%, considering how long these companies have been disrupting democracy on purpose.

@EUCommission STOP THE CENSORSHIP AND THE SPYING ON US

@EUCommission So all social media, including Mastodon, should be banned too?