{"id":21887,"date":"2026-02-06T12:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/tiktok-could-be-forced-to-change-apps-addictive-design-by-european-commission\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:37:58","slug":"tiktok-could-be-forced-to-change-apps-addictive-design-by-european-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/tiktok-could-be-forced-to-change-apps-addictive-design-by-european-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok could be forced to change app\u2019s \u2018addictive design\u2019 by European Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preliminary EU ruling says app shifts brains of users into \u2018autopilot mode\u2019, with concerns for children and vulnerable adults<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/feb\/06\/uk-house-prices-jump-halifax-stock-markets-inflation-latest-news-updates\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>TikTok could be forced into changes to make the app less addictive to users after the EU indicated the platform had breached the bloc\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/aug\/25\/how-the-eu-digital-services-act-affects-facebook-google-and-others\">digital safety rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The EU\u2019s executive arm said in a preliminary ruling that the popular app had infringed the Digital Services Act (DSA) due to its \u201caddictive design\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/feb\/06\/tiktok-app-addictive-design-preliminary-ruling-european-commission\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/72592ac3761e742f0e817d5906fcb307cd200f90\/0_0_3563_2851\/master\/3563.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7f3669d3ad831f1cf9112686034c1cbe\" title=\"TikTok could be forced to change app\u2019s \u2018addictive design\u2019 by European Commission\" \/>Preliminary EU ruling says app shifts brains of users into \u2018autopilot mode\u2019, with concerns for children and vulnerable adults<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nTikTok could be forced into changes to make the app less addictive to users after the EU indicated the platform had breached the bloc\u2019s digital safety rules.<br \/>\nThe EU\u2019s executive arm said in a preliminary ruling that the popular app had infringed the Digital Services Act (DSA) due to its \u201caddictive design\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preliminary EU ruling says app shifts brains of users into \u2018autopilot mode\u2019, with concerns for children and vulnerable adults Business live \u2013 latest updates TikTok could be forced into changes to make the app less addictive to users after the EU indicated the platform had breached the bloc\u2019s digital safety rules. The EU\u2019s executive arm &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/tiktok-could-be-forced-to-change-apps-addictive-design-by-european-commission\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TikTok could be forced to change app\u2019s \u2018addictive design\u2019 by European Commission<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21887"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}