United Kingdom, Feb. 9 -- TikTok may be forced into making changes to its "addictive design".

The European Union (EU) has indicated that the social media giant had infringed the Digital Services Act (DSA) as a result of its "addictive" set-up.

The European Commission explained that TikTok, which is used by over a billion users around the globe, had not sufficiently assessed how its design could harm the physical and mental wellbeing of users such as children and vulnerable adults.

By continuously "rewarding" users with new content, the commission ruled that the platform fuelled constant scrolling and shifted the brains of users into "autopilot mode" - leading to compulsive behaviour and a reduction of users' self-control.

The prelimin...