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EU finds TikTok breaching digital regulations on minor privacy protection
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Fusion42 · 25 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
The EU has found TikTok in breach of Digital Services Act requirements on child privacy protections, identifying failures in age verification and parental consent mechanisms. This marks an enforcement action under Europe's primary social media regulation.
◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway
If you build age verification or parental consent tools for platforms serving EU users under 18, you just found your buyer: every social network serving Europe now has a documented obligation to comply with this, and the Commission is actively enforcing it. Call the platform compliance teams this week.
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