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Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, is investigating TikTok's child safety measures

The regulator is assessing whether the platform is doing enough to protect children from harmful content.

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The regulator is assessing whether the platform is doing enough to protect children from harmful content. Concerns that TikTok might be failing in its duties relating to the safeguarding of children on its platform have prompted the UK's communications regulator, Ofcom, to launch an investigation into the platform. Specifically, the regulator is looking at whether TikTok has failed, or is currently failing, to comply with requirements outlined in Section 12 of the Online Safety Act 2023.

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