Study on Tiktok Lite: less user protecti • Table.Briefings

Lite versions of apps such as TikTok are used particularly in countries in the global South. The providers do without numerous security functions.

A study shows: The TikTok Lite app version omits important security features. There is no technical reason for this. Rather, it is a strategy of the providers.

While the EU is constantly introducing new laws to protect users from harm when using apps, the rules in the global South are often less strict. Mozilla and AI Forensics have investigated what this means in the case of TikTok Lite, for example, in a joint study that was made available to Table.Briefings in advance. The authors uncovered considerable security problems.

Study on Tiktok Lite: less user protection in the Global South

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