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BRUSSELS: TikTok has submitted a risk assessment report on its new app TikTok Lite to the European Commission, the corporate stated on Tuesday, averting a doable superb.
The EU govt had on Monday given the ByteDance-owned firm 24 hours to present the report, saying it has issues about TikTok Lite’s reward programme and its probably addictive nature to youngsters.
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 stated it was making use of its Digital Services Act (DSA) which requires main on-line corporations to do extra to deal with 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 stated.
The firm has till Wednesday to current arguments on the reward programme which can decide whether or not the Commission will quickly droop the programme till it assesses whether or not it’s secure for kids.
An even larger subject 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 govt had on Monday given the ByteDance-owned firm 24 hours to present the report, saying it has issues about TikTok Lite’s reward programme and its probably addictive nature to youngsters.
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 stated it was making use of its Digital Services Act (DSA) which requires main on-line corporations to do extra to deal with 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 stated.
The firm has till Wednesday to current arguments on the reward programme which can decide whether or not the Commission will quickly droop the programme till it assesses whether or not it’s secure for kids.
An even larger subject 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.
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