AMZ123 has learned that Spain's Ministry of Youth and Children has asked the public prosecutor to open an investigation into TikTok. The ministry said that, given violations involving the protection of minors on the platform, the government is assessing whether to suspend TikTok's operations in Spain. It also warned that if the platform fails to take effective measures in a timely manner, it will push for a full ban in Spain.

For cross-border sellers, operations at the Spanish site face some policy uncertainty. Spain is one of TikTok Shop's European sites, and local creator partnerships and content placement depend on the platform operating normally. At present, these moves remain at the investigation and assessment stage and have not entered legislative or administrative ban procedures. Sellers do not need to adjust strategies immediately, but should continue to monitor whether rectification deadlines or temporary restrictions appear.

Such regulatory actions are not isolated in Europe. The EU has previously determined that TikTok's recommendation algorithm violates the Digital Services Act, with fines of up to 6% of its global revenue. If regulatory actions at the EU member-state level continue to accumulate, the platform's compliance costs and content review intensity in Europe will increase accordingly, and sellers should self-audit content materials and livestream scripts against stricter standards.

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Spain's regulatory escalation signals stricter EU compliance. TikTok sellers should immediately screen for risks related to minors in content, monitor the potential impact of platform rectification updates on traffic and operational continuity, and plan multi-platform distribution in advance to diversify risks.

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