EU questions TikTok over new Lite app in France, Spain
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Brussels: The EU gave TikTok 24 hours to provide a risk assessment on its new Lite app launched in France and Spain over concerns of its potential imp...
Brussels: The EU gave TikTok 24 hours to provide a risk assessment on its new Lite app launched in France and Spain over concerns of its potential impact on children and users' mental health, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
The new rewards app TikTok Lite arrived in the two countries this month and allows users aged 18 and over to earn points that can be exchanged for goods like vouchers or gift cards.
The commission said TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, should have carried out the risk assessment before deploying the app and now wants "more details".
The demand "concerns the potential impact of the new 'Task and Reward Lite' programme on the protection of minors, as well as on the mental health of users, in particular in relation to the potential stimulation of addictive behaviour", it said.
The commission said in a statement it also wants to know what measures the platform has put in place to mitigate the risks identified.
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