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Ireland’s media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, has launched formal investigations into TikTok and LinkedIn, citing potential violations of the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA).  This comes after a similar investigation was launched against Elon Musk’s X last month, making these the first DSA enforcement actions by the Irish regulator.  Ireland investigates TikTok and LinkedIn According to a Bloomberg report, Ireland’s media regulator investigations into TikTok and LinkedIn are happening over potential flaws in their content reporting mechanisms. The probes will focus on ascertaining whether the platforms’ systems for users to report suspected illegal content are adequately accessible, user-friendly, and anonymous, as required by the DSA.  Providers need to “have reporting mechanisms, that are easy to access and user-friendly, to report content considered to be illegal,” said John Evans, Digital Services Commissioner at the regulator. The European Commission is the main European Union enforcer against very large online platforms. However, some aspects of the law — including the reporting mechanism — fall under the jurisdiction of the national regulator of the EU country where a platform is headquartered. Companies found to be in violation of Europe’s digital rules, as determined by Ireland’s media regulator, can be fined as much as 6% of the company’s annual global sales.  This is not the first time the Irish regulators have targeted a social media platform. TikTok was also caught in its crossfire and got slammed with a €530 million penalty for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2025, while LinkedIn also got fined about €310 million for various regulatory breaches. Ireland’s media regulator is also after X The current investigations into TikTok and LinkedIn are coming weeks after the same regulator opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform X, with claims that the company is failing to…

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