Published 9 days ago

TikTok 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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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 …

10 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

TikTok suspends new app's reward programme amid EU concerns

10 days ago·United Kingdom

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NDTV

TikTok Suspends Rewards Feature Of Lite App After EU Probe

TikTok on Wednesday announced the suspension of a feature in its spinoff TikTok Lite app in France and Spain that rewards users for watching and liking videos, after the European Union launched a probe. The popular video-sharing social media platform, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, said the suspension would remain "while we address the concerns that they have raised". The European Commission's top tech enforcer, Thierry Breton, said the EU …

10 days ago·New Delhi, India

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abc News

TikTok bows to European pressure and halts reward feature on new app in France and Spain

TikTok is halting a feature on its new app rewarding users in Europe for watching videos, after facing pressure from regulators worried about its addictive features

10 days ago·United States

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Channel News Asia

TikTok suspends new app's reward programme amid EU concerns

BRUSSELS :TikTok will voluntarily suspend its new app TikTok Lite's reward programme while it tries to resolve EU concerns, the company said on X social media platform on Wednesday.The European Commission is using its Digital Services Act (DSA) rules to force major online companies to do more to tackle illega

10 days ago·Singapore

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The Hill

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…

10 days ago·Washington, United States

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