TikTok allows Europe to access research software
Short-video app TikTok on Thursday opened up its research software to researchers in Europe ahead of new EU rules requiring Big Tech to do more to police online content. TikTok, owned by Chinese technology conglomerate ByteDance, is one of 19 online platforms and search engines subject to tougher requirements that will kick in from August under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The company said it was still waiting for the European Commission to set out technical conditions for the application programming interface (API) for access ing its data but decided to go ahead anyway. "TikTok is proactively rolling-out its Re search API ahead of further technical guidance and launching a commercial content library ahead of the DSA compliance deadline," the social media app said in a statement. "All research ers will need to have their own TikTok for Developers account and be located in the United States or Europe to access our Re search API." The company released an i...