MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – DSA enforcement on harmful content, including suicide, on TikTok – E-000641/2025

Question for written answer  E-000641/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Axel Voss (PPE)

Several mental health specialists in Germany have alerted me to the fact that illegal and harmful content is still available on TikTok, despite the implementation of the Digital Services Act. In fact, content including graphic content of suicide and self-harm can still be found easily on TikTok, as well as other depressing content, e.g. of children expressing their wish to commit suicide. No trigger warnings are in place, nor are these videos taken down, even after being flagged as illegal content. Instead, the algorithm produces even more of this type of content on the ‘For You’ page.

• 1.How does the Commission respond to the fact that not only harmful but also illegal content is still easily accessible on one of the most widely used social media platforms in the EU?
• 2.When is such content taken down?
• 3.And how can the Commission ensure that it is not possible to upload such content?

Submitted: 12.2.2025