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Daily News Hungary Daily News Hungary · 31/01/2023
· Society

Will TikTok be banned in the EU and Hungary?

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The days of TikTok may be numbered within the European Union. An open letter to EU resolution makers calls for the EU to step up regulation of Social Media before it gets too late.

Open letter to the EU

The Consumer Choice Center said in a Tuesday position paper to EU policymakers that it was time for the EU to step up action on the TikTok Social Media platform before it got too late.

European Commission Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton held a video call with Sou Ce Chu, CEO of the Chinese mini video-sharing platform. During the meeting, Breton underlined that TikTok is a Social Media aimed at a teenage audience. “With a younger audience comes more responsibility.”

Brenton also stressed that TikTok reaches millions of young people in Europe. For this reason, it must comply with EU legislation. The politician asked the TikTok CEO to present as soon as possible not only the efforts but also the results.

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Is it really dangerous?

The meeting between Sou Ce Tsu and Brenton was preceded by a face-to-face meeting in Brussels, where the Chinese CEO had several discussions about the future of TikTok in Europe. European Commission Vice-President Vera Jourova told during the meeting that the safety of European users’ data should be of utmost priority. So personal information will not be exposed to illegal access by authorities in a third country, writes blikk.hu.

French President Emmanuel Macron added that Tiktok appeared deceptively innocent, but was addictive and spread Russian disinformation.

Two investigations are currently underway into the Social Media platform. The first concerns the transfer of European users’ data to China and the second concerns the protection of children’s privacy.

Hungarian concerns

Media1 reports that the Hungarian media authority, the National Media and Infocommunications Authority, is also concerned that many Hungarian children are using TikTok. According to the NMHH, it would be better if young people used more controlled media.

The Consumer Choice Center is a respected international free market lobby organisation. It has a government affairs Hungarian manager in Zoltán Kész. The organisation believes that the EU should follow US practice. This would counteract and curb the influence of TikTok in state institutions.

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Source: blikk.hu, media1, Consumer Choice Center

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6 Comments

  1. Neo says:
    31/01/2023 at 08:39

    Nazi & pedo app, so much racist content. Hopefully it will end soon.

  2. Amós says:
    31/01/2023 at 09:10

    Igen

  3. TM says:
    31/01/2023 at 13:55

    I was all for it until they start talking about Russia disinformation – 90% of media and tech have pushed that BS for 7 years- it right up there with the bat flu virus. News flash – US controls 90% of the information in the western world for over 40 year including entertainment media.

  4. Anonymous says:
    01/02/2023 at 16:38

    Tiktok only encourage and attract greed, scams and bullying. I’ve seen a live suicide where someone shot their own head off still to this day effects me and this happened before COVID. Tiktok is a dangerous app, there are challenges that goes on potentially can put young people’s life is danger. Tiktok clearly done police their own app nor know or follow their own guidelines.

  5. Anonymous says:
    01/02/2023 at 21:46

    I love that the CEO said, the data will not be shared with a third COUNTRY instead of party.
    So the data is shared with two countries rofl but definitely not a third one.

    Also tiktok seems mostly harmless, the moderation sucks a bit, but that’s social media and the fact that anyone can upload anything.

    If we can’t upload anything we want that gets into borderline censure territory.
    Never ever be okay with heavily controlled and censured media.
    That means someone is deciding things for you by manipulation which side of the story you will see.

    You need to see all the sides to be able to come up with a decent conclusion. Until then you have only parts of it and another part might even completely flip your current opinion which those ppl might not want you to know about cuz it’s not in their best interests.
    This is what controlled media means in most cases. Especially in hungary.

  6. CosmicMate says:
    02/02/2023 at 08:29

    Ban it immediately! It’s addictive, has negative effects on the developing brain, destroys attention span and promotes degeneracy.

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