TikTok bows to European pressure and halts reward feature on new app in France and Spain
by Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance— TikTok said Wednesday that it's halting a feature on its new app rewarding users in Europe for watching videos, after facing pressure from regulators worried about its addictive features. The company backed down days after the European Union warned that the TikTok Lite app might have breached the 27-nation bloc's digital regulations when it launched earlier this month. The EU's executive Commission threatened to order the suspension of features that pose a risk to kids.
France 24—The EU warned TikTok's new rewards feature could be addictive. Now the app's suspended it. TikTok announced Wednesday that it had suspended a feature that rewarded users for watching and liking videos on its new Lite app, available in France and Spain, after the EU launched an investigation
The Washington Times—European Union ratchets up pressure on TikTok's rewards app over risks to kids, warns of suspension. The European Union on Monday demanded TikTok provide more information about a new app that pays users to watch videos and warned that it could order the video-sharing platform to suspend addictive features that pose a risk to kids.
The Guardian—TikTok reward-to-watch feature suspended after EU threats to block it. Service suspended in France and Spain amid safety and addiction concerns among children, in first use of new digital lawsA TikTok service offering rewards such as gift vouchers for watching videos has been suspended by the company shortly after the EU threatened to block it amid fears of addiction among children.On Monday the digital commissioner, Thierry Breton, said the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform had “failed to prove” the feature on TikTok Lite, which launched recently in France and...