TikTok and others investigated over use of children’s data

PICTURE POSED BY MODEL File photo dated 21/08/14 of a child using an Apple iPhone smartphone (Peter Byrne/PA)

TikTok, along with online forum site Reddit and image-sharing site Imgur, are to be investigated by Britain's  protection watchdog over how they use personal information of teenage users.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it wanted to look into how TikTok uses the personal information of 13-17-year-olds to deliver content recommendations to them.