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TikTok fined EUR10 million in Italy over dangerous content and algorithmic promotion

By Sam Clark ( March 14, 2024, 10:27 GMT | Insight) -- TikTok has been fined 10 million euros in Italy for breaching consumer-protection laws through promoting and failing to stop dangerous content on its platform. The Italian competition authority said today it fined the video-sharing platform following an investigation into the dissemination of content such as the “French scar” challenge. TikTok did not take adequate measures to prevent the spread of such content, it said. TikTok said* it disagreed with the decision.TikTok has been fined in Italy for breaching consumer-protection laws through promoting and failing to stop dangerous content on its platform....

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