A probe found that TikTok accounts belonging to teens were public by default during the sign-up process, allowing anyone to view and comment on their videos
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00:00 The European Union has fined TikTok 345 million euros for failing to protect children's privacy
00:06 under the bloc's strict data protection rules.
00:09 The video sharing platform is headquartered in Dublin.
00:12 The Irish Data Protection Commission, acting on behalf of the EU, also ordered the Chinese-owned
00:16 social media giant to bring its operation into compliance within three months.
00:21 The fine follows a two-year investigation into infringements that occurred between July
00:25 and December 2020.
00:28 In its decision, the Irish authority concluded that children's accounts had been made public
00:32 by default during the sign-up process.
00:35 Over 1.677 billion people globally use the platform, 1.1 billion of whom are active users.
00:43 The European Commission is not the first executive body to punish TikTok for failing to protect
00:47 the private data of minors.
00:49 Social Network was fined some 5 million euros by the US in 2019 and 750,000 by the Netherlands
00:56 2021.
00:57 (whooshing)
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