Now I would like to call Thomas,

who has news related to the Digital Services Act.

Thanhk you Paola, so TikTok's addictive design is in breach of the Digital Services Act.

This is the commission's preliminary view after a thorough investigation. Let me give you some statistics.

TikTok reaches 170 million users in the European Union. Most of these are children.

TikTok is by far the most used platform after midnight by children between 13 and 18.

7% of children between 12 and 15 spend between 4 and 5 hours daily on TikTok. These statistics are extremely alarming. Why is all of this happening? Because TikTok offers infinite scrolling.

AutoPlay Push notifications and highly personalized recommender systems.

These features lead to the compulsive use of the app, especially for our kids,

and this poses major risks to their mental health and wellbeing.

The measures that TikTok has in place are simply not enough.

Screen time management and parental controls are not properly working on TikTok.

TikTok did not properly assess how its addictive features can harm users,

and they did not implement effective measures to mitigate such risks.

TikTok now has the right to defend themselves.

If they don't do this properly, the Commission may decide to issue noncompliance decision leading.

To 6% of the company's global annual turnover as fines. Thank you. Thank you, Thomas.

This is a subject on which many of you had asked us whether there would be action,

and here it is announced to you just now by Thomas.