{"id":14191,"date":"2024-04-22T18:37:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/eu-threatens-to-ban-tiktok-lite-over-reward-to-watch-feature\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T18:37:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:37:17","slug":"eu-threatens-to-ban-tiktok-lite-over-reward-to-watch-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/eu-threatens-to-ban-tiktok-lite-over-reward-to-watch-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"EU threatens to ban TikTok Lite over reward-to-watch feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>App could be suspended unless child safety concerns addressed, in first use of sweeping new digital powers<\/p>\n<p>The EU has said it will ban a new service launched by TikTok in Europe that it believes could be \u201cas addictive as cigarettes\u201d unless the company offers \u201ccompelling\u201d fresh evidence that children are safeguarded.<\/p>\n<p>If the ban goes ahead, it would be the first time the EU uses sweeping new powers to impose sanctions on social media companies since its landmark Digital Service Act (DSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/aug\/25\/how-the-eu-digital-services-act-affects-facebook-google-and-others\">came into force last August<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/apr\/22\/eu-threatens-to-ban-tiktok-lite-over-reward-to-watch-feature\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fd4bb232768897650dde9f388ec7f7e10d7576f1\/109_434_5145_3089\/master\/5145.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=de5db7d911a903f18985807fabfb3f92\" title=\"EU threatens to ban TikTok Lite over reward-to-watch feature\" \/>App could be suspended unless child safety concerns addressed, in first use of sweeping new digital powers<br \/>\nThe EU has said it will ban a new service launched by TikTok in Europe that it believes could be \u201cas addictive as cigarettes\u201d unless the company offers \u201ccompelling\u201d fresh evidence that children are safeguarded.<br \/>\nIf the ban goes ahead, it would be the first time the EU uses sweeping new powers to impose sanctions on social media companies since its landmark Digital Service Act (DSA) came into force last August. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>App could be suspended unless child safety concerns addressed, in first use of sweeping new digital powers The EU has said it will ban a new service launched by TikTok in Europe that it believes could be \u201cas addictive as cigarettes\u201d unless the company offers \u201ccompelling\u201d fresh evidence that children are safeguarded. If the ban &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/eu-threatens-to-ban-tiktok-lite-over-reward-to-watch-feature\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EU threatens to ban TikTok Lite over reward-to-watch feature<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14191"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}