EU Orders TikTok to Redesign Its For You Feed
Regulators in the European Union have ordered TikTok to redesign its For You feed, the videos it recommends to users, over concerns about harmful recommendations raised in an investigation. The move shows how far European rules can reach into the automated systems that decide what people see next on apps.
Quick glossaryTikTok, For You feed, EU, probe
- TikTok
- TikTok is a short-video app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, best known for its endless feed of videos.
- For You feed
- The personalised page of videos that an app picks automatically for each user based on what they watch.
- EU
- The European Union, a group of European countries that makes shared rules for its members.
- probe
- An official investigation where authorities look closely into a company's actions to check whether it broke rules.
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