BRUSSELS: TikTok has submitted a threat evaluation report on its new app TikTok Lite to the European Fee, the corporate mentioned on Tuesday, averting a attainable tremendous.
The EU government had on Monday given the ByteDance-owned firm 24 hours to offer the report, saying it has considerations about TikTok Lite’s reward programme and its doubtlessly addictive nature to youngsters.
It additionally singled out TikTok’s failure to offer a threat evaluation report on the brand new app earlier than launching it in Spain and France this month.
The Fee mentioned it was making use of its Digital Companies Act (DSA) which requires main on-line corporations to do extra to sort out unlawful and dangerous content material on their platforms or threat fines of as much as 6% of their international annual turnover.
“We’ve got (submitted a report),” a TikTok spokesperson mentioned.
The corporate has till Wednesday to current arguments on the reward programme which is able to decide whether or not the Fee will quickly droop the programme till it assesses whether or not it’s secure for kids.
An excellent greater problem for the corporate is the Fee’s determination to open an investigation into TikTok Lite’s launch in France and Spain and whether or not this breached DSA guidelines.
The EU government had on Monday given the ByteDance-owned firm 24 hours to offer the report, saying it has considerations about TikTok Lite’s reward programme and its doubtlessly addictive nature to youngsters.
It additionally singled out TikTok’s failure to offer a threat evaluation report on the brand new app earlier than launching it in Spain and France this month.
The Fee mentioned it was making use of its Digital Companies Act (DSA) which requires main on-line corporations to do extra to sort out unlawful and dangerous content material on their platforms or threat fines of as much as 6% of their international annual turnover.
“We’ve got (submitted a report),” a TikTok spokesperson mentioned.
The corporate has till Wednesday to current arguments on the reward programme which is able to decide whether or not the Fee will quickly droop the programme till it assesses whether or not it’s secure for kids.
An excellent greater problem for the corporate is the Fee’s determination to open an investigation into TikTok Lite’s launch in France and Spain and whether or not this breached DSA guidelines.
