What is TikTok Lite and why are experts accusing it of having a ‘double safety standard’?

A mini version of TikTok designed for parts of the world with slower connection speeds, is a "security risk," a new report warns.

TikTok Lite, a low-bandwidth alternative to TikTok, lacks basic protections compared to the original model, including content labels for graphic, AI-generated, misinformative and dangerous videos, according to a report published Tuesday by nonprofits Mozilla and AI Forensics.

According to the researchers, several security measures can be easily integrated into TikTok Lite without making the app larger, which consumes about 30 MB of data on the phone.

"The security features that TikTok Lite lacks are not complicated and ...