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.
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"We found that some method of age checks being used by social media are not working well enough."
— Kate Davies , Executive
"TikTok's egregious failures to prevent children from being exposed to a tsunami of harmful content."
— Andy Burrows , Executive
"The OSA had clearly made some headway in protecting children."
— Rebecca Smart , Academic
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It follows a review by the regulator in May that criticised the platform for not being "safe enough" for children.
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