TikTok is facing a new problem on European soil

It seems that the problems of the Chinese video platform TikTok will not end soon, after everyone was pleased with a breakthrough in the way the new US administration headed by Joe Biden dealt with the end of the Donald Trump era, TikTok created a new problem, but this time on European soil after a new lawsuit against the developer

According to the latest news coming from European media, the European Bureau of Consumer Unions (BEUC) has announced that it has filed a complaint against the popular Chinese video platform TikTok with the European Commission and the European consumer protection authorities network, as the accusations relate to unclear terms of use and preference for TikTok over its users Deceptive practices of processing personal data in violation of European public data protection regulations, inadequate protections for children and teens from hidden ads and potentially dangerous content

BEUC says that the TikTok video platform gives itself the right to do whatever it wants with the videos posted by users, whether it comes to using them, editing and reproducing them without the users having any say in it This is what the office considered illegal, as BEUC demanded that an investigation be opened by the European bodies responsible for protecting consumer rights

And TikTok had removed a large burden related to its activities in the United States of America, as the American Economic Wall Street Journal indicated that President Joe Biden's administration decided to suspend by forcing ByteDance to sell its activities in the United States of America to Microsoft and Walmart, despite this Discussions are ongoing between ByteDance and US officials about data security and how to keep US TikTok user information from accessing the Chinese government