TikTok fined €345m in Europe over children's privacy

All fixed, nothing to see here, says TikTok

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TikTok fined €345 million in Europe for failing to protect children's privacy
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TikTok fined €345 million in Europe for failing to protect children's privacy

European regulators have imposed a hefty €345 million fine on popular short video-sharing platform TikTok, citing its inadequate protection of children's personal data.

The fine was issued by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), the primary privacy regulatory authority overseeing major tech firms headquartered in Dublin. The Irish DPC conducted an invest...

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