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

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 it was proof of how the short-term video sharing platform of the Chinese company from Tiktok uses the personal information of 13 to 17-year-olds in order to propose content in your feed. Social media and discussion platform Reddit and Imgur are examined how they assess the age of the 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.

In 2023, the ICO condemned £ 12.7 million (16 million US dollars) for violation of the data protection law with the use of the personal data of children under the age of 13 without the consent of parents.

Reddit has worked closely with the ICO and intended to comply with all relevant regulations in the countries in which it is active, a spokesman for the company Reuters said in an e -mail.

“Most of our users are adults, but we have plans to make changes this year to fix the updates in the British regulations in terms of old -age insurance,” said Reddit spokesman. Tikok and Imgur did not immediately answer a Reuters request for a comment.

Great Britain has adopted laws to determine the tougher rules for social media platforms, including a mandate for them to prevent children from accessing harmful and age-independent content by force age limits and age review measures.

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.