TikTok Lite: EU may suspend money-for-views feature
by BBC News
BBC News— The feature, which pays users to go on TikTok, could be temporarily suspended as early as Thursday.
CNBC—EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite’s money-for-views program over addiction fears. The European Union on Monday opened proceedings against ByteDance's TikTok and threatened to suspend its newly launched TikTok Lite rewards program.
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...
The Next Web—EU threatens to suspend 'addictive' TikTok feature by end of today. Yesterday, the EU issued TikTok an ultimatum. The Chinese-owned social media app was given just 24 hours to outline the mental health risks related to its new app TikTok Lite or face huge daily fines. This is the EU's second probe into TikTok under the Digital Service Act (DSA). The DSA is a new law to protect users from harmful or illegal online content. It requires large platforms like TikTok to submit a risk assessment before launching any major new features. The EU’s latest gripe with...