data regulatory body Ireland Social network fined TikTok 345 million euros As reported on Friday, for violating community regulations regarding the protection of minors.
In its statement, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced its decision to penalize the video platform for its practices between 31 July 2020 and 31 July 2020. on December 31 of that year, but the company claims to have changed them since then.
By default, the social network opened minors’ accounts to the general public, allowing adults to access those accounts and send direct messages to their owners. DPC, which regulates the platform within the EU, announced that its investigation started in September 2021: It found that eight articles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) had been breached by failing to provide transparent information to underage users.
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It was also considered tiktok Although there is a minimum age to open an account, risks to minors under the age of 13 accessing the platform were not taken into consideration.
This decision of the DPC came after the platform He would have been fined 12.7 million pounds (14.8 million euros) anyway In April, the British regulator imposed sanctions to process the data of 1.4 million children under 13 who used the internet without parental consent.
Source: Exame
