{"id":4329,"date":"2026-07-24T13:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:10:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:10:02","slug":"tiktok-eu-dsa-child-safety-age-account-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4329","title":{"rendered":"TikTok\u2019s protection of minors should not be opt-in, warns EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">TikTok has attracted the ire of the European Union over its protection of children who use the video sharing platform. The <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_26_1679\">European Commission announced<\/a> preliminary findings today under the Digital Services Act (DSA) that offer specific issues to address.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The Commission suggests that TikTok should adjust the default settings of minors\u2019 \u201cpublic\u201d accounts so the content they post is only visible to TikTok users the teen has chosen to share it with, and that such content shouldn\u2019t be recommended to other users in the For You feed. Even accounts set to private can be easily discovered through the \u201cfollowing\u201d lists of other users, and their profile photos can be seen by anyone. If TikTok fails to address the concerns, it could face a DSA non-compliance decision that imposes fines of up to 6 percent of the company\u2019s global annual revenue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cMinors deserve a safe experience from the moment they go online. The Digital Services Act requires platforms to build protections for minors into the design of their services, and holds them to account when they fail to do so,\u201d EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said in the announcement. \u201cA high level of protection should not be an opt-in; it should be the default. This is our responsibility for current and future generations of European children.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The preliminary findings follow UK communications regulator Ofcom launching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/966419\/the-uk-is-scrutinizing-tiktok-over-child-safety\">similar child safety investigation<\/a> into TikTok last week, with updates expected in October. The EU says its separate probe to evaluate the addictive \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/874746\/tiktok-addictive-eu-regulators-infinite-scroll-notifications-autoplay\">rabbit hole effect<\/a>\u201d of TikTok\u2019s recommender systems is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/970519\/tiktok-eu-dsa-child-safety-age-account-privacy\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok has attracted the ire of the European Union over its protection of children who use the video sharing platform. The European Commission announced preliminary findings today under the Digital Services Act (DSA) that offer specific issues to address. The Commission suggests that TikTok should adjust the default settings of minors\u2019 \u201cpublic\u201d accounts so the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[212,46,74,75,179,34,256],"class_list":["post-4329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-creators","tag-news","tag-policy","tag-politics","tag-regulation","tag-tech","tag-tiktok"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>TikTok\u2019s protection of minors should not be opt-in, warns EU - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TikTok has attracted the ire of the European Union over its protection of children who use the video sharing platform.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=4329\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TikTok\u2019s protection of minors should not be opt-in, warns EU - 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