Great Britain starts TIKTOK's examination, Reddit on Personal Data of Children

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The British data protection monitor, the information commissioner's office, initiated an investigation on Monday about how Tiktok, Reddit and online image -sharing -us -website imgur ensured the privacy of the children.

Social media companies use complex algorithms to prioritize content and engage users. The fact that they reinforce similar content can cause children to be influenced by increasing amounts of harmful material.

The watchdog said that the short-form video sharing platform from Bytedance Tiktok uses the personal data of 13 to 17-year-olds to propose content in your feed. The Reddit and IMGUR social media platform are examined how they judge the age of their child users.

“If we find that there is enough evidence that one of these companies has violated the law, we will present this to them and receive their assurances before drawing a final conclusion,” said the information commissioner's office in an explanation.

Tikok, Reddit and Imgur did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comments.

Great Britain has previously passed laws to determine the tougher rules for social media platforms, including a mandate for you to prevent children from accessing harmful and age-independent content by enforcing age limits and age bill.

Social -Media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok have to “tame” their algorithms to filter or downgrade harmful material to protect children under proposed British measures that were published last year.