TikTok faces Ofcom investigation over child age checks

It follows a review by the regulator in May that criticised the platform for not being "safe enough" for children.

UK investigation to determine if TikTok fails to protect children from harmful content

Ofcom concerned platform’s age verification is ineffective, leaving some at risk of seeing posts about self-harm and suicide TikTok is under formal investigation over concerns it has failed to protect children from harmful content, the UK’s online regulator, Ofcom, has announced. The social media platform’s approach to checking the ages of users has sparked “particular concerns” at the watchdog, almost a year after measures to protect children from the worst of online content came into effect...

By Robert Booth and Dan Milmo

U.K. Probes TikTok Over Child Safety Measures

The U.K.’s media watchdog is investigating TikTok over how the company conducts age checks on its users to prevent children from seeing harmful content

Ofcom Investigating TikTok Over Kids “Being At Risk Of Exposure To Harmful Content”

UK regulator Ofcom is investigating TikTok after raising “serious doubts” about the effectiveness of its ability to identify when a person is under 18. On the same day it published its first Age Assurance Report and coming a few months before TikTok is set to be banned for kids and teens, Ofcom said it has […]

By Max Goldbart

UK regulator to probe TikTok on child safety measures

UK probes TikTok’s child safety measures

The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, has launched an investigation into TikTok’s child safety measures, focusing on age verification and harmful conte Read More: https://punchng.com/uk-probes-tiktoks-child-safety-measures/

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UK regulator to probe TikTok on child safety measures

Britain's media regulator on ​Thursday launched a probe into TikTok ‌to understand whether its UK unit failed or is failing to protect children ​from harmful content.

By Abubakar Ibrahim