Weimer has been advocating for regulatory measures regarding TikTok for several months, emphasizing the lack of transparency regarding the handling of sensitive data belonging to European youth. He also proposed a platform levy, arguing that TikTok benefits significantly from journalistic content and should contribute to the financing of the media landscape. The minister plans to advance this initiative within the year. TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, maintains its European data primarily in Ireland and Norway, while ByteDance has denied allegations of data transfer to the Chinese government.