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Ofcom Fines TikTok Nearly $2.6M
TikTok has been fined by Ofcom over harmful content issues and failing to respond to a transparency report.
The hefty fine is due to the Chinese-owned social media behemoth’s failure to “accurately respond to a formal request for information” about its measures to protect children from harmful content. Ofcom demanded information for a transparency report from TikTok over harmful content features and provisions last year, which it initially responded to on September 4 but subsequently highlighted that the data it had provided was not accurate and that it was conducting an internal investigation to understand the root cause of the inaccuracies. Ofcom noted that TikTok is a “well-resourced company, which is well aware of its regulatory obligations,” while acknowledging that it accepted the penalty and that this is a first-time offence.
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