nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/fdfba886e92b0b19 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260302s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/fdfba886e92b0b19 doi eng 342 23 Lievens, Eva Author aut Just One More Video… - Down the (Legal) Rabbit Hole of TikTok’s Addictive Design Lievens, Eva Verfassungsblog 2026-03-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Big Tech DSA Digital Services Act Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz EU Law Platform Regulation TikTok TikTok (DE-588)1332665853 gnd Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz (DE-588)1243555017 gnd TikTok Shala, Vita Author aut Verdoodt, Valerie Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/tiktok-dsa/ raw object