In a landmark move, the European Commission is looking to force TikTok to effectively make its hugely popular video sharing app less addictive. The commission announced on Friday that its investigation had concluded TikTok had failed to properly assess the risks associated with the hyper-addictive features of its app. The EU decision would likely require TikTok to make “far reaching” changes to the design of the app and its functions, one senior commission involved in the investigation said. TikTok and EU regulators have been involved in discussions behind the scenes about the investigation. Existing safeguards in the app to limit the amount of time people spent scrolling through videos were viewed as ineffective by commission investigators.

Source: The Irish Times February 06, 2026 16:18 UTC