TikTok’s age verification process under fire

TikTok could be fined as much as 10 per cent of its worldwide revenue after British communications regulators, Ofcom, opened a child safety investigation that goes to the heart of how the platform decides whether the person scrolling through its videos is an adult or a child.

The formal investigation, announced by Ofcom this week, will examine whether TikTok is doing enough to prevent children from encountering adult material, or material promoting suicide, self-harm and eating disorders....