After TikTok Got Into Trouble, Italian Users Under The Age Of 13 Were Officially Banned From Using It

On Wednesday, TikTok publicly stated that it had reached an agreement with the Italian authorities and planned to close the TikTok accounts of all Italian users starting from February 9. Users over the age of 13 will only be allowed to re-use it after the user fills in their date of birth. TikTok short video App.

This measure is a remedial measure after a girl from the Palermo region of Italy died of suffocation earlier this year after participating in the popular "suffocation challenge" on TikTok. In addition to banning users under the age of 13 from using the TikTok app, TikTok also allows users to "one-click report" younger users who appear to be under 13 years old. In addition, in order to more systematically manage the usage rights of TikTok users, TikTok also plans to use artificial intelligence to detect the accounts of minors.

Alexandra Evans, TikTok's head of child safety, said in a statement: "Getting people to trust and continue to use TikTok is our top priority, but our protection of TikTok users, especially younger users, will never stop."

TikTok's relaunch of age review in Italy will be accompanied by a local awareness campaign across the app and media in Italy to raise awareness among parents and children of TikTok's age review measures and child safety features.

Italian regulatory agencies stated that they will monitor the effectiveness of TikTok’s age verification processes. However, relying on the user's "conscious" age verification leaves obvious room for "cheating", and if more specific identity verification is performed, it will involve chain problems such as infringement of user privacy and information leakage.

TikTok is also subject to some control by the authorities in the United States. Users under the age of 13 can register to use TikTok, but the available functions are relatively limited. For example, they cannot comment on videos, send messages to other users, and their public profiles will not be displayed. .

Judging from the setbacks TikTok has encountered in its overseas expansion, many overseas countries have formulated relatively strict protection measures for minors. Sellers must also be careful not to touch children when using social platforms for promotion. A minefield of safety-related laws.