17/02/2023 (Agence Europe) – Chinese social media company TikTok said, on Friday 17 February, that it plans to invest in the EU to expand its teams in order to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA). “It is essential that we continue to invest in Europe to support this growing community”, the social media company commented in a statement. The announcement comes as digital platforms and online search engines were due to submit to the European Commission, by Friday 17 February at the latest, documents listing their user numbers (see other news). On the basis of these figures, players in the sector will be classified - or not - as ‘very large digital platforms’ and subject to stricter rules. This would include TikTok, which claims to have 150 million active monthly users in the EU. (TM)