This was reported by ANSA, as reported by Ukrinform.

“The company’s control over the content distributed on the platform is inadequate, especially regarding content that may threaten the safety of minors and vulnerable people,” the agency said in a statement.

They emphasized that, according to the algorithms of the application’s gadgets, potentially harmful content is systematically presented to users, which leads to an increase in the use of the social network.

The fine was imposed on three companies of Bytedance, the Chinese group that owns TikTok. In particular, the Irish company TikTok Technology Limited, the British company TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited and the Italian company TikTok Italy Srl will have to pay penalties.

This comes after the agency demanded in February that TikTok remove from the platform videos in which young people do so-called “French scarring” – users of the social network squeezing their cheeks so hard that a bruise is left on the cheekbone. Then Italy’s anti-monopoly committee launched an investigation against TikTok.

The regulator on Thursday said that during the investigation, the responsibility of the Chinese social network was determined for the distribution of content that could threaten the psychophysical safety of users, especially minors and vulnerable groups of the population. He added that TikTok did not take the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of such content.

As you may remember, on Wednesday, the lower house of the US Congress easily passed a bill that could ban the use of the Chinese application TikTok in the USA.