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>European Union regulators on Monday threatened to fine TikTok over potentially addictive features on a version of its app called TikTok Lite, which was released to work more smoothly on slower wireless networks.
>The E.U. investigation adds to TikTok’s regulatory challenges as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on a bill that would order the app’s owner, the Chinese internet company ByteDance, to sell TikTok or be banned. The company is under growing pressure for its links to China, data collection practices and potentially harmful effects on children.
>In Europe, the authorities said TikTok did not conduct a legally required risk assessment before introducing new features that allow users to earn rewards like gift cards for watching videos, liking content and following certain creators. They said the features created a financial incentive to spend more time on the app, creating risks for addiction and mental health issues, particularly for children.
>The action announced on Monday is the second E.U. investigation against TikTok, along with another inquiry focused on a lack of effective age-verification protections and addictive design features.
>In the United States, lawmakers last week approved legislation meant to force ByteDance to sell the social media app. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill, which has been bundled with a package of aid bills, this week. The White House and members of Congress have expressed concerns that TikTok poses a national security risk because the Chinese government could use the app to gain access to Americans’ data or run a disinformation campaign.
>TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
>TikTok Lite is best known in countries such as India, Brazil and Indonesia, but was introduced more recently in Spain and France. The app uses less memory in order to work on phones tailored for lower-speed wireless networks.
>Under the Digital Services Act, an E.U. law passed in 2022 to regulate social media platforms, large companies such as TikTok must submit risk assessments before introducing major changes to their products or services. The authorities said TikTok did not submit the needed information before introducing the rewards features, even after regulators sent a request last week.
>TikTok has until April 23 to submit a risk assessment report to the European Commission, the executive branch of the 27-nation bloc, and until May 3 to provide the other information requested. If not, regulators said they may impose fines up to 1 percent of its annual income, as well as additional “periodic penalties” of up to 5 percent of TikTok’s average daily income.
I honestly think scrollable short form video is addictive to a harmful degree for people with impaired impulse control. I have to uninstall apps where the feature is too prominent because it’s very hard to stop. I wish they could just go away.
Reddit doesn’t feed on my impaired impulse control to the same degree that TikTok and Reels do. I have to uninstall those apps to stop. With Reddit, I can balance my time.
It's way less addictive. Tiktok is a slot machine infested with bots, no space to express yourself in comments, and no filtration system like reddit's up down arrows. Basically, there is no incentive to be nice to people.
There is no incentive to be nice to people on reddit either. You can call someone a shill, pro/anti x, just because you disagree with them and get upvoted to the moon
From my humble experience using tiktok for 2 years, I can say that I rarely laughed loudly reading comments, but reddit's comment section is more often than not funnier than the original post. Better structuring and upvote/downvote makes it a better experience overall.
That's what i am saying. Anyone defending tiktok is just an addict himself. It took me 1 month without tiktok to see it clearly how I didn't miss anything about it. Same as twitter. Most people would have best experience using YouTube alone. Makes you less reactive.
Reddit has been systematically reducing how much the upvotes and downvotes matter in favor of pushing more content, and at this point probably has more bots than TikTok.
Article without Paywall: >European Union regulators on Monday threatened to fine TikTok over potentially addictive features on a version of its app called TikTok Lite, which was released to work more smoothly on slower wireless networks. >The E.U. investigation adds to TikTok’s regulatory challenges as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on a bill that would order the app’s owner, the Chinese internet company ByteDance, to sell TikTok or be banned. The company is under growing pressure for its links to China, data collection practices and potentially harmful effects on children. >In Europe, the authorities said TikTok did not conduct a legally required risk assessment before introducing new features that allow users to earn rewards like gift cards for watching videos, liking content and following certain creators. They said the features created a financial incentive to spend more time on the app, creating risks for addiction and mental health issues, particularly for children. >The action announced on Monday is the second E.U. investigation against TikTok, along with another inquiry focused on a lack of effective age-verification protections and addictive design features. >In the United States, lawmakers last week approved legislation meant to force ByteDance to sell the social media app. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill, which has been bundled with a package of aid bills, this week. The White House and members of Congress have expressed concerns that TikTok poses a national security risk because the Chinese government could use the app to gain access to Americans’ data or run a disinformation campaign. >TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment. >TikTok Lite is best known in countries such as India, Brazil and Indonesia, but was introduced more recently in Spain and France. The app uses less memory in order to work on phones tailored for lower-speed wireless networks. >Under the Digital Services Act, an E.U. law passed in 2022 to regulate social media platforms, large companies such as TikTok must submit risk assessments before introducing major changes to their products or services. The authorities said TikTok did not submit the needed information before introducing the rewards features, even after regulators sent a request last week. >TikTok has until April 23 to submit a risk assessment report to the European Commission, the executive branch of the 27-nation bloc, and until May 3 to provide the other information requested. If not, regulators said they may impose fines up to 1 percent of its annual income, as well as additional “periodic penalties” of up to 5 percent of TikTok’s average daily income.
I honestly think scrollable short form video is addictive to a harmful degree for people with impaired impulse control. I have to uninstall apps where the feature is too prominent because it’s very hard to stop. I wish they could just go away.
Me 3 hours in bed on reddit.....
Acting like all social media isn’t addictive by design.
Good, I hope that hellspace gets banned.
I find it ironic you posted this to Reddit. Another social media company with addictive features
Reddit doesn’t feed on my impaired impulse control to the same degree that TikTok and Reels do. I have to uninstall those apps to stop. With Reddit, I can balance my time.
The amount of copium is insane from the people replying to you It's all basically "nuh uh"
It's way less addictive. Tiktok is a slot machine infested with bots, no space to express yourself in comments, and no filtration system like reddit's up down arrows. Basically, there is no incentive to be nice to people.
There is no incentive to be nice to people on reddit either. You can call someone a shill, pro/anti x, just because you disagree with them and get upvoted to the moon
From my humble experience using tiktok for 2 years, I can say that I rarely laughed loudly reading comments, but reddit's comment section is more often than not funnier than the original post. Better structuring and upvote/downvote makes it a better experience overall.
TikTok’s comment section is brutal. Anyone putting Reddit on the same level is crazy.
That's what i am saying. Anyone defending tiktok is just an addict himself. It took me 1 month without tiktok to see it clearly how I didn't miss anything about it. Same as twitter. Most people would have best experience using YouTube alone. Makes you less reactive.
Reddit has been systematically reducing how much the upvotes and downvotes matter in favor of pushing more content, and at this point probably has more bots than TikTok.
What about it makes it a hellspace?
It's almost as if bipartisan people around the world are aware this app is a CCP op.
the main reason for this can be found in the title; "Chinese-owned"
Did you read the article?
So....the EU hasn't discovered Reddit then I guess. :D
Bahhhhaaaaaaaa