UK data watchdog fines TikTok £12.7M for failing to protect kids

Some 1.4 million under-13s used the app in 2020 by the ICO’s estimates

Fresh off the back of an embarrassing “grilling” by US Congress on national security grounds, TikTok has received a more concrete reprimand from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – a fine of £12.7 million ($15.8 million) for “misusing children’s data.”…

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