Italy partly blocks TikTok access after girl’s death
AFP, ROME
Italian prosecutors have opened a probe into the accidental death of a 10-year-old girl who allegedly took part in a “blackout challenge” on the video-sharing network TikTok.
The investigation came as Italy announced that it had temporarily blocked access to TikTok for users whose age could not be definitively proved.
According to TikTok’s terms and conditions users must be at least 13 years old.
The girl died in a Palermo hospital after being discovered on Wednesday by her five-year-old sister in the family bathroom with her cellphone, which was seized by police.
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Italy s data protection watchdog has ordered TikTok to block access to users whose age cannot be confirmed.
The ban comes just days after the death of a young girl in Palermo, who had been taking part in an online challenge that has been viral on the platform. The Italian Data Protection Authority (GPDP) has ordered Tik Tok to immediately block the use of user data for which the age of the user has not been ascertained with certainty, it said in a statement. The authority decided to intervene as a matter of urgency following the terrible case of the 10-year-old girl from Palermo.