TikTok fined €345M over children's default settings
€345M
≈ $372M at the time
Irish Data Protection Commission
Ireland / EU · 2023
Status: Under appeal
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 1, 2023
Decision adopted after the EDPB's binding Article 65 decision.
Sep 21, 2026
The DPC's fines register lists the fine as pending appeal; DPC fines are not payable until confirmed by a court.
Sources
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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/