TikTok Fined 10 Million Euros by Antitrust for Inadequate Content Controls

After the decision of the Antitrust with the sanction of 10 million euros imposed on TikTok in the past hours, the response of the social platform, which has been at the center of numerous criticisms for the "inadequate controls of the company on the contents circulating on the platform, in particular those that can threaten the safety of minor and vulnerable subjects", as read from the reasoning, arrives. "We disagree with this decision. The content related to the so-called French scar had an average of only 100 searches per day in Italy before the AGCM announced the start of the investigation last year," the TikTok communication office said in reaction to the decision arrived in the past hours. The incident seems to be just the beginning. "For some time we have reduced the visibility of such content to users under the age of 18, also excluding them from the 'For You' page," reads the statement issued by the social platform after the sanction. The decision by the Authority for the Protection of Competition and the Market affected three companies of the Bytedance Ltd group, namely the Irish TikTok Technology Limited, the British TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited, and the Italian TikTok Italy Srl.