Ofcom Launches Investigation Into TikTok Following UK Under-16 Social…

Ofcom has launched an investigation into TikTok's age verification and content moderation controls following the UK's under-16 social media ban, intensifying regulatory pressure on the platform globally to protect minors from algorithmic harm. If you build age verification, content moderation, or parental control tools, the UK regulator just created a live enforcement case you can sell into—TikTok will need to prove compliance, and they'll buy proven systems rather than build them. Call the major platforms this week; Ofcom's investigation converts your roadmap into a checklist.