TikTok, recently on the brink of a US ban, is a service that needs no introduction; it has become one of the most ubiquitous social media platforms and video viewing apps in the world, with the ...

The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, said it was concerned TikTok Lite's "Task and Reward Program" had been launched "without prior diligent assessment of the risks it entails, in ...

TikTok was the first social media app to label AI-generated or potentially dangerous content, but not all versions of the app offer this useful information. Two non-profit organizations dedicated to ...

TikTok will voluntarily suspend its new app TikTok Lite's reward programme while it works to address EU concerns, the company said on X social media platform on Wednesday. The European Commission had ...

TikTok Lite launched in France and Spain in early April. The EU swooped. Credit: Kiran Ridley / AFP via Getty Images UPDATE: Apr. 25, 2024, 11:47 a.m. GMT TikTok will voluntarily suspend TikTok Lite's ...

A mini version of TikTok, designed for parts of the world with slower connectivity speeds, is a “safety hazard,” warns a new report. TikTok Lite, a low-bandwith app alternative to TikTok, lacks basic ...

TikTok’s main app labels AI-generated material and warns about potentially deceptive content. A Lite version popular in the Global South, though, lacks these and other safeguards. “Labeling is a very ...

The European Union has launched a probe into TikTok’s spinoff Lite app and threatened to suspend an “addictive” feature on it that rewards users for watching and liking videos, amid child-safety ...

April 17 (UPI) --The European Commission on Thursday gave TikTok 24 hours to give it a risk assessment on its new app that give users "rewards" to like or watch videos. TikTok Lite was rolled out in ...