O TikTok states that the requirements to make the data protection measures place the digital services law (DSA) e o GDPR “in direct conflict” and calls on regulators to clarify, a spokesperson said this Friday.
Following the announcement of the preliminary conclusions of the European Commission regarding the violations of transparency obligations under the new European Digital Services Law (DSA – ‘Digital Services Act’), TikTok’s official source said that the short video platform “is committed to transparency and values the contribution of researchers”.
“We are analyzing the European Commission’s findings, but requirements to relax data protection measures place the DSA and GDPR [Regime Geral de Proteção de Dados] in direct conflict”, he warned.
TikTok also said that it did “Significant investments in data sharing and to date almost 1000 research teams have had access to data through” of its ‘Research Tools’.
The European Commission considered that Chinese social media platforms TikTok and North American Metaowner of Instagram and Facebook, “violated their transparency obligations” under the DSA.
The two technology companies can now respond to the community executivewhich will be taken into account in the final decision, within which the institution may impose corrective measures to remedy infringements or a fine of up to 6% of global annual turnover.