TikTok Fined £1.9 Million in UK Over Failure to Give Accurate Data

TikTok has been fined almost £1.9 million for failing to provide Ofcom with accurate parental control data, the communications regulator said on Wednesday. According to Ofcom, the Chinese video-sharing giant initially provided inaccurate data, and took more than three weeks to alert the regulator after identifying the error. The company then took another four months to provide accurate but partial data, more than seven months after the original deadline. The failings meant Ofcom was forced to remove details from its child safety transparency report at the last minute. The regulator said its work to promote transparency was materially disrupted. Following an investigation into the failings, Ofcom concluded that “TikTok failed to fully cooperate with Ofcom’s statutory request for information and with our work in producing the Child Safety Report. As such, the company contravened its duties under s368Z10 and s368Y of the Communications Act 2003....