http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/fdfba886e92b0b19 https://verfassungsblog.de/tiktok-dsa/ Just One More Video… - Down the (Legal) Rabbit Hole of TikTok’s Addictive Design Lievens, Eva Shala, Vita Verdoodt, Valerie eng 2026-03-02 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Big Tech DSA Digital Services Act Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz EU Law Platform Regulation TikTok TikTok Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz TikTok Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 6 February 2026, the European Commission disclosed its long-awaited preliminary findings regarding its investigation into whether TikTok, the social media platform used by 170 million people across the European Union, is in breach of the Digital Services Act. The announcement occurs at a time when political and public concerns about the potential harmful impact of social media platforms are at an all-time high, leading to calls to “ban” children and teenagers from those spaces in countries across the world.  As “addictive” features are central to concerns leading to these contested calls, the potential of the Digital Services Act to change platform design is crucial.