TikTok to pay £12.7 million UK fine for child data safety concerns

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2026-09-24

London (PA Media/dpa) - Social media platform TikTok is to pay a £12.7 million ($16.8 million) fine from the UK data watchdog after dropping an appeal. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) imposed the fine in 2023 because TikTok "did not do enough" to make sure underage children were not using its platform and ensure that their data was used correctly. The regulator had estimated that up to 1.75 million UK children under 13 used TikTok in......

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