Topic: #TikTok

Video-sharing apps face heavy fines if they fail to protect children

Video-sharing apps like Snapchat and TikTok which are hugely popular with young people could be fined millions of pounds if they fail to tackle inappropriate content, under new rules from Ofcom, the UK’s broadcasting regulator.Read more

07-10-2021|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Dutch data protection authority fines TikTok over privacy failure

Popular video app TikTok has been fined 750,000 Euros by the Netherlands’ data protection watchdog for only offering a privacy statement in English, meaning many native Dutch-speaking children would not have been able to understand...Read more

23-07-2021|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

EU moves against TikTok over alleged child-targeted ads

Online video-sharing platform TikTok has been given one month by the European Commission to respond to claims it has failed to protect children from aggressive advertising.Read more

01-06-2021|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

WHO: Tobacco industry must stop exploiting children

The World Health Organization has launched a new kit for school students aged 13-17 to alert them to the tobacco industry tactics used to hook them to addictive products. Every year the tobacco industry invests...Read more

04-06-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Broadcast watchdog gets more power over social media firms

Ofcom, the UK’s broadcast watchdog, will be given new powers to force social media firms to take action over content harmful to children. Firms like Facebook, Tiktok, YouTube, Snapchat and Twitter have, until now, only been...Read more

12-02-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy