British regulators launched investigation into TikTok and three other companies due to doubts about the effectiveness of “parental control” functions.
According to the “Guardian” report, on Thursday local time, the British communications regulator issued a report announcing an investigation into how three leading video social platforms protect children from harmful videos. They are: TikTok, Snap and video game streaming service Twitch.
The agency stated thatit has asked TikTok to provide relevant information on “parental control” (NaijaTechNews noted: Family Pairing, literally meaning ” “Family Matching”, parents can link their children’s accounts to limit their children’s usage time, viewing content, etc.) More information on the function, and said ” There is reason to believe that the information provided is inaccurate.”
It is reported that among local children aged 8-17, more than one-fifth have a personal account with an “adult” profile – these accounts will be Set your age as 18 or older. The UK’s communications regulator also said a third of children aged 8-15 have an account with a user aged 16 or over.
Regulators said TikTok used “undisclosed” technology to detect and flag keywords in potentially underage accounts, Twitch used a variety of measures including language analysis tools, and Snap relied on the power of other users. Report underage users.
TikTok said the issues were caused by “technical issues” that may have resulted in “inaccuracies” in some of the information provided to regulators. It said the company discovered the problem weeks ago and reported it to the communications regulator.
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