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TikTok Hit With Consumer, Child Safety and Privacy Complaints in Europe (techcrunch.com) 30

Posted by msmash from the closer-look dept.
TikTok is facing a fresh round of regulatory complaints in Europe where consumer protection groups have filed a series of coordinated complaints alleging multiple breaches of EU law. From a report: The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has lodged a complaint against the video sharing site with the European Commission and the bloc's network of consumer protection authorities, while consumer organisations in 15 countries have alerted their national authorities and urged them to investigate the social media giant's conduct, BEUC said today. The complaints include claims of unfair terms, including in relation to copyright and TikTok's virtual currency; concerns around the type of content children are being exposed to on the platform; and accusations of misleading data processing and privacy practices. Details of the alleged breaches are set out in two reports associated with the complaints: One covering issues with TikTok's approach to consumer protection, and another focused on data protection and privacy.
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  • Why don't they just make it a requirement to be 18yrs or older to use ANY and ALL social media?

    There's already been studies out that do seem to indicate that it is detrimental to young children.

    Starting there might solve some problems....

    • Who is this "they" who makes such decisions for the entire planet? And how, exactly, are "they" going to enforce such rules?

      • Who is this "they" who makes such decisions for the entire planet? And how, exactly, are "they" going to enforce such rules?

        Well, thinking from a US point of view, on a US company, I was thinking we'd try that here first and guess that much of the world would follow suit.

        I guess they'd require some form of ID be presented before getting an account, much like many pr0n sites....or at least how they used to do it.

        We card people for alcohol...no reason we couldn't at least attempt a rudimentary version of t

    • Excellent idea! Next we can move on to making drugs and alcohol illegal, and all of society's problems will be solved! Solved, I say.

      • Excellent idea! Next we can move on to making drugs and alcohol illegal, and all of society's problems will be solved! Solved, I say.

        Not illegal, but adult content for adult minds...I mean we do card for alcohol and legal drugs here in the US, so, why not for social media accounts?

    • Re: (Score:3)

      by fennec ( 936844 )
      Do you really think the checkbox that reads "by checking this you swear that you have the required age of" 13 to 18 will make any difference? I really like the order of the complaints: copyright, currency, children!
    • Ah yes, ban anything that could possibly be detrimental. No social media, no video games, no TV, no electronics, no sports, no candy, no play. Put kids in sweatshops.

      • Ah yes, ban anything that could possibly be detrimental.

        Not sure where you read "ban" into my post.

        I just suggested we try to ensure only adults over the age of 18yrs can join to have accounts on social media to post and read.

        • So you don't want to allow children to use it, but you don't want to ban children from using it?
          I guess using double speak makes perfect sense with what you want to do.
          • I guess I didn't get your semantics.

            When you said ban, I thought you meant ban for everyone....I didn't mean that.

            But yes, I did mean to restrict access from non-adults.

            I hope that is clear.

    • Why 18 and not 75?

      About the "studies" you are citing... i remember the "studies" they used when i was a kid myself, back in the 80ties, to "prove" that games were dangerous and would make us all violent (nevermind the older generations actually managed to make 2 world wide wars).

      Bullshit, of course, as it is bullshit that social media are "detrimental to young children".
      Psychology is not a science and never will be, its "studies" are as valid as "studies" on how the position of Jupiter in the sky influences

      • Why 18 and not 75?

        Well, since slashdot is a US centric site, I was talking more in line with this article and how it would relate to the US.

        But at least in the US, 18yrs is considered the "age of majority".

        At this age, you are legally considered an adult and responsible for your actions.

        I still don't understand why in the 80's we finally had the Feds to force the states to all raise the drinking age to 21yrs....but that aside, you can join the armed forces, sign legally binding contracts and are general

  • Here's the outlining of the issues in the summary and my snarky responses.

    1. Unfair terms (of use)
    -- All companies want unfair terms of use. Terms protect the company. Do you expect a profit-focused company to willingly defer their power to anyone else? ALWAYS assume terms are "unfair" up to, but not including, illegality.

    2. TikTok copyright (irrevocable right to use, distribute and reproduce the videos published by users, without remuneration)
    -- Don't like it? Don't use it. There are other easy-host option

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