Meta and TikTok failed to protect children, says EU – could be fined 6% of turnover<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>The European Union has found that both <a href="
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https://9to5mac.com/guides/tiktok/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">TikTok[/url] failed to properly protect children, including making it difficult to report the presence of child sexual abuse material (<a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/csam/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CSAM[/url]) in their apps.</p>
<p>Separately, Meta has faced a setback in its defense of lawsuits filed by multiple US states, accusing the company of deliberately making its apps addictive despite knowing they were harmful to teenagers …</p>
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Meta and TikTok failed to protect children, says EU – could be fined 6% of turnover
