UK fines TikTok $15,9 million for using children's data

The agency also highlights the use of user data without the consent of those responsible.

The government agency's investigation revealed that the TikTok did not carry out “adequate checks to identify and block the accounts of children” who were not old enough to access the platform, despite some directors raising internal concerns about this, the statement details.

Quoted in the statement, UK Information Commissioner John Edwards commented that “in the UK there are laws to ensure our children are safe in the virtual environment and the TikTok did not respect them.”

The White House, the European Commission, the Canadian, British and Australian governments have recently banned their employees from using the TikTok on professional smartphones.

The Norwegian Parliament and the Swedish army also adopted the measures.

Washington accuses the TikTok – which belongs to the Chinese group ByteDance – of serving as a tool for Beijing to spy on and manipulate Americans.

(To AFP)

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