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The EU considers TikTok’s default settings for minors as a violation of the Digital Services Act (DSA) because these settings potentially expose minors to predators and cyberbullying. The platform allows children to set their accounts to public, which means their content can be visible to strangers, increasing the risk of unwanted contact and exposure to harmful behavior. Regulators emphasize that children's content should only be visible to accepted users, not accessible via default public settings. If proven, these violations can lead to fines up to 6% of TikTok's global turnover [1], [2], [3].