A further question is whether illegal content reporting mechanisms implemented by TikTok and LinkedIn are easy to access and user-friendly. Another is whether the platforms’ illegal content reporting mechanisms deceive people from reporting content as illegal. The regulator said concerns arose in relation to potential “dark patterns” in the illegal content reporting mechanisms, which it described as deceptive interface designs. “If this is correct, this might mean that the illegal content reporting mechanisms are not effective in preventing the dissemination of illegal content and the rights of people under the DSA might be undermined,” Coimisiún na Meán said. “This review has resulted in several actions which we can announced today, including the opening of an investigation into two online platforms – TikTok and LinkedIn,” Mr Evans said.
