TikTok 'stress test' shows app doesn’t comply with new EU rules

A test in TikTok's Dublin office revealed that more work is needed to be fully ready EU Digital Services Act’s compliance deadline on Aug. 25.

The popular music video app owned by China’s ByteDance Ltd. is among the large internet platforms that have to abide by a long list of moderation rules or face hefty fines or outright bans from EU countries. 

TikTok isn’t yet fully compliant with upcoming European Union rules governing content, according to the results of a test conducted by the bloc’s governing body.

European Union Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton and his team carried out the so-called “stress test” at TikTok’s Dublin offices on Monday, according to a statement from the official, who determined that more work is needed to be fully ready EU Digital Services Act’s compliance deadline on Aug. 25.