TikTok has agreed to strengthen its measures to keep children off its platform, following a Canadian investigation that found the social media giant’s efforts to block underage users and safeguard their personal data were not up to the mark, Canadian privacy officials said on Tuesday.

The joint investigation into TikTok by Canada’s privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne and privacy protection authorities in the provinces of Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta found that hundreds of thousands of Canadian children accessed TikTok each year despite the company stating its platform is not intended for people under the age of 13.

Collecting Personal Information

The investigation also found that TikTok had been collecting and using their personal information.

“TikTok collects vast amounts

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