UK Warns TikTok Could Face £27 Million Fine for Failing to Protect Children’s Privacy

UK Warns TikTok Could Face £27 Million Fine for Failing to Protect Children’s Privacy
The TikTok log at the the company's UK office in London, England, on Feb. 9, 2022. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images
Owen Evans
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The Chinese-owned social media site TikTok could face a £27 million ($29 million) fine after British authorities found that it may have breached UK data protection law by failing to protect children’s privacy.

On Monday, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said in a statement that the video-sharing platform may have processed the data of under-13s without appropriate parental consent.

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