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EU sets TikTok ultimatum over ‘addictive’ new app feature
DW – The European Commission is threatening to suspend the TikTok Lite rewards programme, unless the Chinese-owned app provides answers within 24 hours.The European Commission on Monday gave TikTok a 24-hour deadline to submit an assessment of potential health risks related to its new app TikTok Lite or face daily fines.It comes after TikTok “failed to provide” information earlier this month.EU sets TikTok ultimatum over ‘addictive’ new app feature
TikTok Lite, a slimmed down version of TikTok, launched in France and Spain in March. It is optimized for slower internet connections and uses less memory.It enables users over the age of 18 to earn points that can be redeemed for vouchers or gift cards.The Commission says it wants the Chinese-owned company to show how it assessed the addictiveness and mental health risks of the scheme”.EU sets TikTok ultimatum over ‘addictive’ new app feature
If TikTok fails to reply within the 24-hour deadline the company faces fines amounting to one percent of its annual revenue.EU sets TikTok ultimatum over ‘addictive’ new app feature
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The bloc’s, executive, also announced Monday it was launching a second probe to determine if TikTok breached the EU’s Digital Service Act.Under the act the video sharing platform was supposed to have submitted a “risk assessment” before launching TikTok Lite in Europe.It’s worried TikTok launched the app without assessing how to mitigate “potential systemic risks.”EU sets TikTok ultimatum over ‘addictive’ new app feature
“In particular negative effects on mental health, including minors’ mental health, especially as a result of the new feature stimulating addictive behavior,” the Commission said. The Commission’s top tech enforcer Thierry Breton compared TikTok Lite to lite cigarettes: “we suspect TikTok ‘Lite’ could be as toxic and addictive as cigarettes ‘light'” he said.EU sets TikTok ultimatum over ‘addictive’ new app feature
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