European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children.

Officials said TikTok might be breaching the bloc’s online-content rules due to what they called the platform’s addictive design.

TikTok was charged on Friday with breaching EU online content rules over what the bloc's regulator said were its addictive features and was told to change the design of its app or risk a fine of as much as 6% of owner ByteDance's global turnover.

The "addictive design" of social media platform TikTok breaches European Union law, and can harm young people in particular, officials say, pointing to infinite scroll, autoplay and other features

The "addictive design" of social media platform TikTok breaches European Union law, according to preliminary findings by the European Commission. "Social media addiction can have detrimental effects

The EU said Friday that it had told TikTok it needs to change its "addictive design" or risk heavy fines, after the Chinese-owned platform was found in breach of the bloc's digital content rules.To