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TikTok is now subject to not one but two open Digital Services Act (DSA) investigations after the European Union announced on Tuesday that it has opened a formal proceeding focused on election risks — and specifically risks in the context of recent elections in Romania. The probe will focus on TikTok’s recommender systems — principally “risks linked to the coordinated inauthentic manipulation or automated exploitation of the service”, per the Commission. The EU will also look at TikTok’s policies on political advertisements and paid-for political content. “As regards both elements,...