TikTok Risks Fines as EU Issues Ultimatum Over App Launch

EU warns TikTok it plans to suspend new app’s rewards program
Case marks another test of bloc’s new digital content rules

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By Max Ramsay, Jillian Deutsch, and Samuel Stolton

April 22, 2024 at 2:32 PM UTC

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April 22, 2024 at 5:46 PM UTC

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The European Union opened a new probe Monday into whether ByteDance Ltd. violated the bloc’s new content law when it launched its TikTok Lite app in France and Spain without providing a full risk assessment.

The new app promises to pay users through a points system, which the European Commission said risks creating an addictive effect on users.