The European Commission (EC) says the new TikTok Lite app is as “toxic as cigarettes.” It’s a spin-off of the original TikTok and it pays people to watch videos. The EC says it was launched without regard for risks of addiction, or safeguards against children using it. Now they’re threatening to suspend it. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.
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