TikTok, which rose to the top of social media platforms with its short video format, was fined for using children’s data. Punishment, Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) came over.

Irish regulators have charged the company with violating the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). $367 million He punished. In addition, the platform was asked to make data processing GDPR compliant within three months. The fine was the largest fine TikTok has ever received from regulators.

TikTok would violate children’s privacy

The decision follows DPC investigations dating back to 2020. Officials said the accounts of new young users who had joined the application at that time had been deactivated by default. ‘Open to everyone”, so that everyone can see and comment on children’s videos. Let’s not forget to add that in 2021, TikTok made the accounts of users between the ages of 13 and 15 “private” by default.

Furthermore, the regulator noted that TikTok ““Family Match” It also says that the feature is not working properly. This feature allowed child accounts to be linked to a separate adult account. This way, parents can manage their accounts by, for example, limiting screen time, messages or content.

A TikTok spokesperson said in a statement that he disagreed with the decision, especially the amount of the fine. The spokesperson states that the matters mentioned are based on functionalities and settings that were available three years ago and that the platform has taken the necessary precautions.