Poland urges EU probe of TikTok over Russian disinfo

Poland formally requested the European Commission investigate TikTok on Tuesday for hosting AI-generated videos urging the country to exit the EU, which officials identified as Russian disinformation based on linguistic patterns in the recordings.

The videos featured fictitious young women dressed in Polish national colors and appeared on an account called "Prawilne_Polki" that gained nearly 200,000 views while targeting viewers aged 15 to 25 before being removed from the platform.

Deputy Digitalization Minister Dariusz Standerski argued TikTok violated the Digital Services Act by failing to prevent content threatening democratic processes, with potential fines reaching 6% of the platform's global annual turnover.

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