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EU grills Tiktok over 'addictive features' amid child safety concerns

An office of TikTok in the United States © Mike Blake / Reuters

The EU has launched a probe into TikTok's spinoff Lite app and threatened to suspend an "addictive" feature on it that rewards users for watching and liking videos, amid child-safety concerns.

TikTok Lite arrived in France and Spain in March allowing users aged 18 and over to earn points that can be exchanged for )goods like vouchers or gift cards through the app's rewards programme.

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