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EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite app's 'addictive' rewards

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The logo of the Chinese social network application TikTok Lite. [AFP]

The EU on Monday 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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