The European Union Threatens “TikTok” Over New App
The European Commission has warned the “TikTok” platform of potential fines due to its new “TikTok Lite” app, according to the German news agency “dpa.”
The Commission has instructed “TikTok” to provide an assessment of the potential health risks of its new app within 24 hours. This concerns the reward system of this app.
The Commission has given the China-owned TikTok company 24 hours to assess the likelihood of addiction to this system, as well as the risks it poses to the mental health of users, especially children, before its launch.
EU legislation on digital services requires major platforms to assess such risks and limit their impact.
The regulation mandates that the reward system of the new app, which allows users to collect points by watching certain videos and then exchange these points for other valuable items such as Amazon vouchers, comply with EU law, Commission officials said.
Officials stated that if TikTok fails to provide the required risk assessment within 24 hours, the company could face a fine equivalent to 1% of its global annual revenue, as well as a periodic fine of 5% of its daily revenue.
If the Commission ultimately finds that TikTok has violated the assessment and risk limitation rules under the Digital Services Act, the company could face a fine of up to 6% of its global annual revenue.
The Commission’s decision today represents a stricter follow-up to a previous request for information sent to the company on April 17, with a non-binding deadline set for the 18th of this month.
