EU Commission Investigates TikTok for Inadequate Child Protection Standards
EU Commission Investigates TikTok for Inadequate Child Protection Standards
The EU Commission has initiated an investigation into TikTok, citing insufficient safety measures for minors on the platform.
Preliminary findings indicate that TikTok’s security settings for teen accounts are inadequate, allowing minors to set their accounts to ‘public,’ thereby exposing them to potential contact from strangers. Additionally, even with ‘private’ settings, profile pictures remain visible to all users. The Commission warns that if these issues are not addressed, TikTok could face fines of up to six percent of its global annual revenue for violating the Digital Services Act (DSA). This marks the third enforcement action under the EU’s new digital regulations this week, following a €550 million penalty imposed on Aliexpress.
For journalistic integrity, this report was summarized from: handelsblatt.com
