Name: TikTok charged with breaching EU rules
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TikTok was charged on Friday with breaching EU online content rules.

The charges focus on the app's addictive design, including Infinite Scroll, Autoplay and more.

EU regulators told the firm to change TikTok's build or risk a fine.

The penalty could reach as much as 6% of owner ByteDance's global turnover.

TikTok criticised the charges Friday and called the findings against it false, false and meritless.

The move is yet another sign of the EU's crackdown on Big Tech.

The current US government has criticised the clampdown.

It accuses EU regulators of censorship and has threatened tariffs.

The commission set out its charges after a year long investigation under the Digital Services Act.

It cited the platform's generation of new content to constantly reward users as an example of an addictive feature.

It believes the rewards fuel the urge to keep scrolling and shift users brains into autopilot mode.

The EU regulator said TikTok didn't adequately assess how these features could harm the physical and mental well being of its users.

It further accused TikTok of ignoring indicators of compulsive use of the app and said it hasn't brought in reasonable measures like screen time management tools and parental control tools to prevent risks.

TikTok can ask to see the commission's documents and provide a written response before the watchdog issues a decision.