TikTok has become an investigative target for the UK's Telecoms Regulator OFCOM.
Ofcom will examine how the video-sharing app assesses if a user is a child and whether it has adequate systems to prevent children from viewing harmful content. The focus of many concerns has become the means by which platforms confirm the age of those that gain access.
Ofcom's review of TikTok's age checks are part of a broader clampdown on sites failing to prevent children encountering adult content, such as pornography, and other harmful material.
OFCOM's Kate Davies, Ofcom's group director for strategy and research, stated "This is where TikTok comes in. We found that some method of age checks being used by social media are not working well enough".
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