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TikTok fined $883K under GDPR for children’s privacy violations
By 
Neil Hodge2021-07-23T18:25:00
The Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed a €750,000 (U.S. $883,000) fine on TikTok for violating the privacy of young children following a wide-scale investigation launched last year.
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