Meanwhile, the Chinese company that owns the popular social network has announced it will sue the US law forcing it to sell the brand, arguing it would “destroy” seven million businesses in the United States and 170 million companies would be ‘silenced’. users.
tiktok announced on Wednesday that it was suspending the points program of the light version which started in the Spanish and French states, among others, after the European Commission threatened him with millions of dollars in sanctions, saying the reward system could cause this addiction among the youngest.
“TikTok always tries to work constructively with the European Commission and other regulators. Therefore, we are voluntarily suspending the rewards program on TikTok Lite while we address the concerns raised,” the Chinese platform said in a message on the network. social
TikTok Lite has allowed users Earn points for watching or posting videosfor following content creators or other friends on the platform, with the option of deliver them in later e-commerce storesa practice that the Commission considers “addictive” and which entails a risk, especially for minors.
Brussels accuses TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, of launching its Lite version before publishing the report on the possible risk to users required by the European Union’s new law on digital services. The Commission gave the company a grace period – which ended on Wednesday – to take action or suspend the program under threat of fines equivalent to 1% of global annual turnover or 5% of global average income.
He European Commissioner Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton welcomed the suspension of the program and stressed that he will remain 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 US Congress.
The law, which was approved by Congress on Tuesday and promulgated by US President Joe Biden a day later, gives ByteDance 270 days to find an investor from a country that is not a “foreign adversary” to sell the company to. to sell.
The company ByteDance has already warned that it will challenge the rule in court. “This unconstitutional law means a ban on TikTok and we will challenge it in court. We believe that 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 Americans’ data safe” and that the social network it is “free from external influences and manipulations.”
TikTok has also warned that a possible ban would be “devastating.” seven million companies in the United States and 170 million would be “silent”. from US users
Source: EITB
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