Meanwhile, the Chinese company that owns the popular social network has announced that it will take to court the US law that forces it to sell the brand, arguing that it would “devastate” seven million companies in the United States and “silence” 170 million users.
tiktok announced this Wednesday that it has temporarily suspended the points program of the Lite version which launched among others in the Spanish and French states, after the European Comission threatened him with million-dollar sanctions by arguing that the reward system could cause addiction among the youngest.
“TikTok always seeks to collaborate constructively with the European Commission and other regulators. Therefore, we are voluntarily suspending the rewards program on TikTok Lite, while we address the concerns that have been raised,” the Chinese platform said in a message on the network. social
TikTok Lite allowed users Earn points for watching or posting videosfor following content creators or other friends on the platform, with the possibility of redeem them later in ecommerce storesa practice that the Commission considers “addictive” and that poses a risk, especially for minors.
Brussels accuses TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, of having launched its Lite version before publishing the report on the possible risk to users required by the new European Union digital services law. The Commission gave the company a courtesy period – it ended on Wednesday – to take action or suspend the program under threat of fines proportional to 1% of its global annual turnover or 5% of its average income worldwide.
He european commissioner of the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, welcomed the suspension of the program and stressed that he will continue to be vigilant. “Our children are not guinea pigs for social networks,” he added.
Another front in the US
In the United States, the Chinese social network also faces a possible ban if it does not sell the social network’s operations in the country, as required by a law passed by the United States Congress.
The law, which was approved by Congress on Tuesday and proclaimed a day later by US President Joe Biden, gives ByteDance 270 days to find an investor from a country that is not a “foreign adversary” to sell the company to.
The ByteDance company has already warned that it will take the rule to court. “This unconstitutional law means a ban on TikTok and we will challenge it in court. We believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side, and that we will ultimately prevail,” TikTok said in a statement.
This social network has defended that it has “invested billions of dollars to keep the data safe” of Americans and that the social network it is “free from external influences and manipulations.”
TikTok has also warned that a possible ban would “devastate” seven million companies in the United States and would “silence” 170 million of US users
Source: Eitb
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