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UK investigates TikTok’s child safety age inference
Filed: Jul 16, 2026 at 6:13 AM ET
Summary: The UK online safety watchdog is investigating TikTok’s use of age inference to guess users’ ages.
WHO: UK online safety watchdog
WHAT: Investigating TikTok’s use of “age inference” to guess users’ ages for child safety measures
WHEN: Jul 16, 2026 at 1:56 AM ET
WHERE: United Kingdom
WHY: The watchdog is concerned about TikTok’s use of age inference to guess users’ ages for child safety measures.
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