TikTok Withdraws Lite Rewards Program from EU Over Child Safety Fears

The EU Commission finalized its first Digital Services Act case by securing TikTok’s permanent withdrawal of the TikTok Lite Task and Reward program in the EU over concerns about addictive effects and insufficient safeguards for minors, with legally binding commitments and potential fines for breaches. Separate DSA proceedings into minors’ protection, advertising transparency, research data access, and risk management continue, while in the U.S. the government filed a COPPA lawsuit against TikTok/ByteDance and advanced measures to compel divestment amid broader security concerns and app bans on official devices.