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Italy announced on Friday that it had temporarily blocked access to TikTok to users whose age is not guaranteed, an emergency measure that was taken after the death of a girl who participated in a challenge called “scarf play” on the social network, notes AFP , cited by Agerpres. .
The personal data protection authority said in a statement that the “Chinese social network blockade” takes immediate effect and is valid until February 15.
This means that TikTok is prohibited from exploiting “the data of users whose age has not been established with absolute certainty,” the regulator said in a statement.
This decision comes a few hours after the announcement of the death in Palermo (Sicily, southern Italy) of a 10-year-old girl while participating in a challenge called “playing with the scarf” on the social network TikTok while filming with her. mobile phone.
His registration in the Chinese social network, very popular among teenagers, “was not rejected by the owner company” despite the age of the girl, below the minimum of 13 years provided by TikTok, stressed the Italian protection authority of data.
Publisher: Liviu Cojan
