JAKARTA - UK privacy regulator, Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), announced a major investigation into child protection measures implemented by TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur, this week.
ICO said it had succeeded in encouraging changes in child protection in several other applications such as X, Sendit, BeReal, Daily Motion, and Viber.
This investigation will assess the age verification process and whether these applications violate the law in the way they use children's personal data.
"We today announced three investigative investigations into how TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur protect the privacy of child users in the UK," ICO said.
An investigation into TikTok will examine how the platform uses 13'17 year old personal information to provide recommendations and compile content that appears on their feed.
Meanwhile, investigations into Imgur and Reddit will examine how these two platforms use children's personal data in the UK and implement their age verification measures.
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Regulations in the UK, in addition to having the same privacy protection as the European Union, also require online applications and platforms to minimize children's personal data collection and apply additional protection measures in their processing.
Several applications have previously been asked to make improvements, including:
TikTok told the BBC its recommendation system operates with "strict and comprehensive measures that protect teenage privacy and security".
Meanwhile, representatives of Reddit stated that 95% of their users are adults, but they "have plans to implement changes this year to adjust to new UK regulations regarding age verification".
Until this news was written, Imgur had not yet provided an official response.
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