TikTok bows to European pressure and halts reward feature on new app in
France and Spain
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TikTok bows to European pressure and halts reward feature on new app in France and Spain
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 suspension of features that pose a risk to kids.
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European Union ratchets up pressure on TikTok's rewards app over risks to kids, warns of suspension
The European Union on Monday demanded TikTok provide more information about a new app that pays users to watch videos and warned that it could order the video-sharing platform to suspend addictive features that pose a risk to kids.
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