“It’s a victory for the citizen”, greets the co-president of the National Digital Council

“It’s a victory for the citizen,” greeted Thursday April 25 on franceinfo Gilles Babinet, co-president of the National Digital Council while the social network TikTok announced on Wednesday that it was suspending the function of its new TikTok Lite application. It rewards users for time spent in front of screens. The European Commission threatened to ban it from Wednesday evening, believing that it caused addiction.

“It’s a victory for the citizen and for the user in general, because there is a real issue of cognitive pollution which is becoming very worrying for young people”reacted Gilles Babinet. “These are models that are effectively built on the principle of addiction. The platforms and social networks have a whole bunch of benefits, but there is a whole bias in the algorithms that are introduced, which are specifically to seek out dopamine. It was highly problematic.” he explained.