Arab News: Brussels, Belgium: The EU has told TikTok it needs to change the “addictive design” of its platform after it was found in breach of the bloc’s digital content rules, the European Commission said Friday.

It’s a claim the tech giant has now said it will challenge, calling the EU’s findings “false”.A preliminary investigation by the EU executive found that “TikTok did not adequately assess how these addictive features could harm the physical and mental wellbeing of its users, including minors and vulnerable adults.”

To avoid the risk of heavy fines, the commission said the Chinese-owned platform needed to make wide-ranging changes, citing concerns with “infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and its highly personalized recommender system.”

But TikTok vowed to challenge the findings, adding: “The commission's preliminary findings present a categorically false and entirely meritless depiction of our platform," a TikTok spokesperson said in a statement.

"We will take whatever steps are necessary to challenge these findings through every means available to us.”