TikTok announced Wednesday that it had suspended a feature that rewarded users for watching and liking videos on its new Lite app, available in France and Spain, after the EU launched an investigation Monday over child-safety concerns.
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TikTok, whose mainland Chinese counterpart is Douyin, is a Chinese short-form video hosting service owned by ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from 3 seconds to 10 minutes.
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A foreign ministry spokesperson accuses the US of "suppressing TikTok" and "bullying behaviour".
China has previously said it would “firmly oppose” any forced sale of TikTok.
The bill gives the app about five months to separate from its Chinese parent company or be banned. It faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
Executives thought they had fended off attacks. Behind the scenes, U.S. lawmakers and Biden officials were working to force its ban or sale.
Washington (AFP) – In a major reversal, former US president Donald Trump on Monday said he was against a ban of TikTok as the fate of the popular video-sharing app was dragged into the US election campaign.
A new bill would force Beijing-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban on U.S. app stores.