TikTok, LinkedIn join Musk's X in Ireland regulatory crosshairs

Ireland’s media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, has launched formal investigations into TikTok and LinkedIn, citing potential violations of the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA). This comes after a similar investigation was launched against Elon Musk’s X last month, making these the first DSA enforcement actions by the Irish regulator. Ireland investigates TikTok and LinkedIn According to a Bloomberg report, Ireland’s media regulator investigations into TikTok and LinkedIn are happening over potential flaws in their content reporting mechanisms. The probes will focus on ascertaining whether the platforms’ systems for users to report suspected illegal content are adequately accessible, user-friendly, and anonymous, as required by the DSA. Providers need to “have reporting mechanisms, that are easy to access and user-friendly, to report content considered to be illegal,” said John Evans, Digital Services Commissioner at the regulator. The European Commission is the main European Union enforcer against very large online platforms. However,...

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