EU urges TikTok to redesign For You feed after preliminary DSA findings
The European Commission says repeated recommendations can expose children and vulnerable users to harmful content. TikTok disputes the findings.
TikTok faces potential fines unless it changes how its personalised feed works, the European Commission warned on 6 November 2026. Its preliminary findings accuse the platform of violating the Digital Services Act (DSA) through recommendations that can repeatedly expose users to harmful material.
The Commission said the algorithm serves more videos of a similar kind as users engage with them. It warned that repeated exposure to material concerning sadness, isolation or body image could harm children and vulnerable users.
Although TikTok had introduced measures to address those risks, the Commission judged them insufficient. It urged the platform to place greater weight on users' preferences, saying its option for signalling a lack of interest might not adequately alter recommendations.
Other proposed changes include ending the use of viewing time as a recommendation signal, making controls simpler to find and operate, and testing the algorithm regularly.
TikTok rejected the assessment. A company spokesperson said the findings inaccurately described the platform's design and safety measures, arguing that users already had straightforward control over their content.
The investigation began more than two years ago. In two earlier sets of preliminary findings issued in 2026, the Commission accused TikTok of design features encouraging compulsive use among children and inadequate protection of children's online privacy.
