FALCON POWERS – TikTok has voluntarily suspended the rewards functions in its TikTok Lite app in the wake of European Commission investigations, the social media announced today (24 April).
The suspension will start as of today for an initial period of 60 days for new users and by the end of the week for all other users in France and Spain. The roll-out in other member states has been paused as well.
“TikTok always seeks to engage constructively with the EU Commission and other regulators. We are therefore voluntarily suspending the rewards functions in TikTok Lite while we address the concerns that they have raised,” the video-sharing platform said in a statement on X.
The Commission said earlier this week (22 April) that it will begin a probe under the Digital Services Act (DSA) over the launch of the app to check compliance with the rules and whether it conducted a risk assessment prior to rolling out the functions. The EU executive had quizzed the company about its potential impact on the mental health of users, in particular in relation to the potential stimulation of addictive behaviour.
TikTok had until yesterday (23 April) to hand in a risk assessment – which it duly did according to a Commission spokesperson.
