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