US EditionTikTok halting reward feature after pressure from EU regulators
- The European Commission is investigating TikTok Lite over concerns about its impact on users' mental health.
- TikTok voluntarily halted its reward program to address EU concerns about addictiveness in children.
- In response to the EU investigation, TikTok scrapped a feature in France and Spain that rewarded users for watching and liking videos.
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TikTok halting reward feature after pressure from EU regulators
TikTok will halt a feature that rewards its app users in France and Spain for watching videos in the wake of scrutiny from European Commission regulators. “TikTok always seeks to engage constructively with the EU Commission and other regulators. We are therefore voluntarily suspending the rewards functions in TikTok Lite while we address the concerns…
At the pressure of the EU, TikTok is for the first time implementing the reward function of its new app TikTok lite. The Commission fears search risks and has set a deadline for the company.
The social networking network TikTok announced on Wednesday that it is "voluntarily" suspending the function of its new TikTok Lite app, which rewards users for screen time, accused in the EU of encouraging addiction, according to the AFP.
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 …
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