2024-04-12 17:11:10
This derivative of TikTok encourages users to spend time watching videos by paying them in vouchers. The government has alerted the European Commission.
« I welcome with concern the Lite version of the short video sharing mobile application TikTok. » In a tweet published Thursday, the Secretary of State for Digital, Marina Ferrari, reacted strongly to this derivative of the famous Chinese application TikTok. Launched discreetly in France at the end of March, TikTok Lite has the specificity of paying its users in virtual coins. The more videos you watch, the more coins you receive which can then be exchanged for Amazon gift cards of up to 500 euros. « The remuneration mechanism – although capped at one hour and prohibited for minors – is an incontestable deviation, underlined the Secretary of Stateand is the opposite of the principles of the digital society that we want to build. »
The Secretary of State’s office is particularly concerned regarding seeing minors trying to circumvent the age limit imposed on TikTok Lite. « At a time when we are trying to have peaceful discussions regarding the weather…
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