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TikTok to Pay £12.7 Million Fine Over Child Data

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC · How we work

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TikTok will pay a £12.7 million fine to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
The ICO said inadequate checks let 1.75 million UK children under 13 use TikTok in 2020.
TikTok failed to obtain parental consent and did not disclose data collection and sharing.
The ICO can now resume its probe into TikTok’s recommender system and possible harmful teen content.

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TikTok will pay a £12.7 million fine to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
The ICO said inadequate checks let 1.75 million UK children under 13 use TikTok in 2020.
TikTok failed to obtain parental consent and did not disclose data collection and sharing.
The ICO can now resume its probe into TikTok’s recommender system and possible harmful teen content.