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.


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TikTok suspends new app's reward programme amid EU concerns


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 …

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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

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

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

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TikTok suspends new app's reward programme amid EU concerns

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…

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TikTok halting reward feature after pressure from EU regulators

TikTok on Wednesday announced that it was shelving one of its features in France and Spain in its spinoff TikTok Lite app that rewarded users for watching and liking videos after the European Union launched an investigation.
The popular short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance released a statement saying that the suspension would stay in place "while we address the concerns that they have raised".

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TikTok announces suspension of new app's rewards programme amid EU probe

LONDON (AP) — 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 suspensi…

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The EU had launched a probe into TikTok's spinoff app that rewards users for watching and liking videos, amid child-safety concerns.

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TikTok suspends rewards program in France and Spain

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) –     TikTok will voluntarily suspend its new app TikTok Lite’s reward programme while it works to address EU concerns, the company said on X social media platform on Wednesday. The European Commission had given the ByteDance-owned company until today to address its concerns about the potentially addictive nature of the reward programme for children or face a temporary suspension of the feature.  (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee. Ed…

TikTok halting reward feature after pressure from EU regulators

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