Isn't this exactly the same with Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, etc.?

What makes TikTok different?

Nothing will happen. It is the EU. We bark and then roll over.

Casually waiting for a legislative body to muster the courage of their convictions and just ban social media outright.

Direct link to EU Commission's statement: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_...

Very glad that my country India banned this vile rabid TikTok long ago, along with other suspicious/spyware/disruptive apps like PUBG. Good riddance.

So will they also go after youtube?

This is generational warfare. Imagine if we said boomers cannot watch TV anymore...

Nothing will happen.

Infinite scroll is banned on this phone. Using NextDNS.

They will pay upfront or put some geopolitical pressure https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24g8v6qr1mo