TikTok’s protection of minors should not be opt-in, warns EU
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TikTok has attracted the ire of the European Union over its protection of children who use the video sharing platform. The European Commission announced preliminary findings today under the Digital Services Act (DSA) that offer specific issues to address.
The Commission suggests that TikTok should adjust the default settings of minors’ “public” accounts so the content they post is only visible to TikTok users the teen has chosen to share it with, and that such content shouldn’t be recommended to other users in the For You feed. Even accounts set to private can be easily discovered through the ‘following’ lists of other users, and their profile photos can be seen by anyone. If TikTok fails to address the concerns, it could face a DSA non-compliance...
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