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 moreDutch 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 moreEU 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
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