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The European Commission connected Monday gave TikTok 24 hours to supply a consequence appraisal study surrounding a caller characteristic that provides rewards for watching contented and different actions connected nan app. File Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA-EFE
April 22 (UPI) -- The European Commission said connected Monday officially opened an investigation into nan Chinese-owned video app TikTok complete its TikTok Lite version.
The committee said that TikTok must by Tuesday taxable a consequence appraisal study outlining its investigation connected nan risks that nan programme whitethorn person including antagonistic effects connected intelligence healths, peculiarly among minors and "especially arsenic a consequence of nan caller characteristic stimulating addictive behavior," arsenic good arsenic measures TikTok has taken to reside those risks.
"Given TikTok's inability to taxable nan consequence appraisal which should person been carried retired anterior to launching TikTok Lite, nan committee suspects a prima facie infringement of nan DSA and considers that location are consequence of superior harm for nan intelligence wellness of users," nan committee said successful a statement.
"The committee has truthful besides communicated to TikTok its volition to enforce interim measures consisting successful nan suspension of TikTok Lite rewards programme successful nan EU pending nan appraisal of its safety."
With TikTok Lite's rewards program, which has already launched successful France and Spain, users 18 and older tin gain points by liking contented connected nan app, on pinch watching videos, inviting friends to subordinate and pursuing creators. Users tin past waste and acquisition successful those points for rewards from Amazon, gift cards, etc.
The committee said it was concerned nan programme "has been launched without anterior diligent appraisal of nan risks it entails, successful peculiar those related to nan addictive effect of nan platforms, and without taking effective consequence mitigating measures."
It besides warned it will enforce fines of up to 1%of TikTok's yearly income aliases worldwide turnover and further penalties of up to 5% of it's mean regular income aliases worldwide yearly turnover if nan institution fails to comply pinch nan petition for accusation by nan deadline.
