UK Investigation Uncovers TikTok's Failure to Protect Children from Harmful Content The UK's online regulator, Ofcom, has launched an investigation into TikTok's handling of children's safety on its platform.
At the heart of this inquiry is a disturbing concern: that TikTok may be failing to correctly identify and protect minors from potentially damaging content.
TikTok's age checking methods have been criticized for being inadequate. The platform relies on user provided birthdates and "signal" detection, which analyzes online behavior and metadata to infer users' ages.