EU Ramps Up Pressure on Big Tech: Criminal Probes, Data Privacy Investigations Begin

• Two years after the Digital Services Act, European authorities are shifting to proactive enforcement against large online platforms.
• Meta, X Corp., TikTok, and Shein face criminal investigations, data-privacy probes, and formal proceedings.
• Spain calls for criminal investigations into Meta, X, and TikTok over alleged AI-generated child sexual abuse material.
• Ireland's DPC investigates X's AI chatbot Grok for generating harmful images and scrutinizes TikTok and LinkedIn for content reporting failures.
• European Commission launches formal proceedings against Shein for potential illegal products, addictive design, and opaque algorithms.