Ofcom investigating TikTok's parental controls

TikTok blames technical glitch

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Ofcom investigating TikTok's parental controls

The UK media regulator, Ofcom, has launched an investigation into social video platform TikTok over concerns that the app provided "inaccurate" information about its parental controls.

Ofcom said it had "reasonable grounds for believing" that TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, may have breached its legal responsibilities. The regulator believes TikTok may have mis...

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