For some reason the world's most notorious app decided not to tick all boxes under the world’s toughest digital law
For some reason the world's most notorious app decided not to tick all boxes under the world’s toughest digital lawTikTok has earned itself a second investigation under the European Union's Digital Services Act – and suspension of its rewards program – after failing to comply with the law in two important regards.last week, TikTok recently launched an app in Europe – TikTok Lite – that offers rewards for spending time on the platform and performing certain tasks.
"The Commission is concerned that the 'Task and Reward Program' of TikTok Lite, which allows users to earn points while performing certain 'tasks' on TikTok – has been launched without prior diligent assessment of the risks it entails, in particular those related to the addictive effect of the platforms, and without taking effective risk mitigating measures," states the Commission's announcement of the fresh probe.
The probe means the Commission imposed another overnight deadline – Wednesday April 23 – for delivery of the risk assessment and a May 3 deadline for info on harm mitigation. TikTok's decision not to provide risk assessment docs last week led the Commission to suspect"a prima facie infringement of the DSA and … risks of serious damage for the mental health of users."
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