The UK fines TikTok $15.9 million for using children’s data

a UK Digital Regulatory Agency (ICO) Chinese app fined on Tuesday (04) Tik Tok in 12.7 million pounds sterling (80.5 million Brazilian reais, $15.9 million USD), for the “illegal” use of children’s personal data, according to the statement.

The ICO estimates that TikTok allowed this in 2020 1.4 million British children Under 13 years old To open an account on the platform that violates its official rules. The agency also highlights the use of user data without the consent of officials.

The government agency’s investigation revealed that TikTok failed to conduct “adequate checks to identify and block accounts of children” under the age of accessing the platform, despite some managers raising internal concerns about this, according to the statement.

Quoted in the statement, the British Information Commissioner John Edwards “In the UK there are laws to ensure the safety of our children in the virtual environment and TikTok has not respected them,” he commented.

a White Housethe European CommissionRecently, the Canadian, British and Australian governments have banned their employees from using TikTok on their work smartphones.

a Parliament of Norway The Swedish military also adopted the measures.

Washington Accuses TikTok – which belongs to the Chinese group Byte Dance – To serve as a tool for Beijing to spy and manipulate Americans.

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