Overview
- The Commission says both companies failed to provide researchers with adequate and reliable access to public platform data required under the DSA.
- For Facebook and Instagram, regulators cite hard-to-use reporting tools, weak appeal mechanisms, and dark patterns that can discourage users from flagging illegal content.
- Meta disputes the conclusions and says it has already updated reporting options, appeals processes, and data-access tools to comply in the EU.
- TikTok says it is reviewing the findings and argues some transparency obligations could conflict with the EU's GDPR privacy rules.
- The formal procedures continue, with Meta and TikTok allowed to examine the EU's case files and submit proposed commitments to address the concerns.