2024-04-27 10:04:58
The European Commission warned the “TikTok” platform of imposing fines on it, due to its new “TikTok Lite” application, according to the German news agency “DPA”.
The Commission ordered TikTok to submit an assessment of the potential health risks of its new application within 24 hours. This is related to the rewards system on this application.
The Commission gave the Chinese-owned Tik Tok service 24 hours to assess the potential addiction of this system, as well as the risks it poses to the mental health of users, especially children, before launching it.
The European Union’s Digital Services Act requires large platforms to conduct an assessment of such risks and limit their impact.
The legally binding order issued by the European Union’s executive arm relates to the rewards system on the new app, which allows users to collect points by watching certain video clips and then redeem these points for other items of value such as coupons to purchase from Amazon, according to Commission officials.
Officials stated that if TikTok does not submit the required risk assessment within 24 hours, the company could face a fine of 1% of its total annual revenues globally, in addition to a periodic fine of 5% of its daily revenues.
If the Commission ultimately concludes that TikTok has violated the rules for assessing risks and limiting its impact in accordance with the Digital Services Law, it may impose a fine on the company of up to 6% of its total annual revenues worldwide.
The order issued by the Commission on Monday is a more stringent follow-up to a previous request for information that the Commission sent to the company on April 17, which had a non-binding deadline of the 18th of this month.
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Last updated: April 23, 2024 – 17:41
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