TikTok: hard blow, you will have to pay to see certain videos

• TikTok explores the idea of ​​implementing a paywall on certain videos
• This feature is intended for influencers on the platform
• TikTok is in the hot seat in the United States and Europe

For more than a year now, rumors have reached us about the possibility of seeing TikTok make some of its videos pay. This is well and truly confirmed if we are to believe The Information. The idea of ​​the Chinese platform is very simple, it is to develop a paywall feature for its content creators to allow them to monetize their videos.

Concretely, the latter could charge 1 euro for the basic price, or the price of their choice for a given content. And TikTok seems determined to roll out the red carpet for VIP influencers, since it is about to revamp its fund system. It would now be necessary to have 100,000 subscribers against only 10,000 today to benefit from it.

TikTok is testing features in France

The objective is also to go towards longer videos by favoring those which reach the maximum duration of ten minutes used today, but very little used. The trend towards short formats being, it is true, the hallmark of this social network.

For the time being, TikTok chooses to remain very discreet on this subject. The platform explained to our colleagues from Engadget that she was “engaged” to render service “precious and gratifying” for its creators. No information on the launch date is available, but tests would already be conducted on the new financing system in France.

Anyway, TikTok has another issue to deal with right now. The Chinese platform is indeed under fire from critics, and the American and European authorities are determined to put a stop to it.

The Senate is interested in TikTok

Last Friday, we also learned that the French Senate has decided to launch a commission of inquiry into the functioning of this social network. Claude Malhuret, senator from Allier justified his approach: “There are a number of serious accusations regarding this network, not to mention that any Chinese company whatsoever is obligated to collaborate with Chinese intelligence systems. Therefore, it seems to me quite logical, quite necessary, that the Senate conduct a commission of inquiry on this..

The parliamentarians will in particular try to determine whether or not the service has complied with its obligations in terms of the protection of personal data.