Finalfine · GDPR
TikTok fined €345M over children's default settings
€345M
≈ $372M at the time
Irish Data Protection Commission
Ireland / EU · 2023
Status: Final
What happened
The Irish DPC found that TikTok set children's accounts to public by default and had weak age-assurance safeguards, exposing young users' content.
How it affected users
Children's posts were public by default, and weak age checks left minors exposed.
Status timeline
Sep 15, 2023
Penalty announced.
Sources
- Irish DPC press releasesregulator
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Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "TikTok fined €345M over children's default settings," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2023-09-15. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/tiktok-ireland-children-2023/