The European Commission is threatening to suspend the TikTok Lite rewards programme, unless the Chinese-owned app provides answers within 24 hours.
The European Commission on Monday gave TikTok a 24-hour deadline to submit an assessment of potential health risks related to its new app TikTok Lite or face daily fines.
It comes after TikTok “failed to provide” information earlier this month.
TikTok Lite, a slimmed down version of TikTok, launched in France and Spain in March. It is optimized for slower internet connections and uses less memory.
It enables users over the age of 18 to earn points that can be redeemed for vouchers or gift cards.
The Commission says it wants the Chinese-owned company to show how it assessed the addictiveness and mental health risks of the scheme"
If TikTok fails to reply within the 24-hour deadline the company faces fines amounting to one percent of its annual revenue.
The bloc’s, executive, also announced Monday it was launching a second probe to determine if TikTok breached the EU’s Digital Service Act.
Weird how much scrutiny Tiktok gets while western companies get free passes.
The EU has issued plenty of fines and injunctions recently against Western companies, just look the EU’s recent history with Facebook, Google and Apple.
Meanwhile they all maintain monopolies and none of them are forced to sell their business because of a trade war.
I was kind of wondering why a simple video app is in the spotlight negatively. Like… Isn’t tiktok just a newer version of Vine or Musically?
Sort of. It’s short-form video, yes, but it’s also designed to hook you in. Another concern is that due to Chinese control, it could be used for physiological influence or analysis, propaganda, or data collection from whatever the app can find on your device. (The Chinese government exerts strong control over Chinese companies, which is why it’s more of a concern here than for Vine or Instagram.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prism
Can you show us the wikipedia page detailing how Tiktok shares user data with the CCP without users’ knowledge?
I’m only answering the question of why it’s in the spotlight negatively, not passing judgement. But if you want a Wikipedia article, this section is pretty long: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok#Privacy_and_security_concerns
It’s because it makes a lot of money and there is a trade war going on between the US and China.
That means useful idiots are going to fight tooth and nail to make sure their rulers get that money and not some other rulers.
We have detailed information about how the US government collects user data, and they did this without users’ knowledge until the Snowden leaks.
There is no concrete information that Tiktok shares information with the CCP without users’ knowledge, only FUD from useful idiots and influencers.