It is known that the National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) and the Brazilian Ministry of Justice announced that they will investigate the TikTok platform to clarify whether TikTok has access to the data of minors.
The ANPD statement stated that this decision was made based on network "monitoring" activities and that TikTok had "signs of violating" national laws on the protection of personal information in Internet access.
The country said it stressed that issues related to children and adolescents are important and that Brazil has specific regulations, according to which the privacy of personal data must be “fully protected,” especially for minors.
Based on these suspicions, ANDP opened an administrative investigation into TikTok and gave the platform 10 days to disable resources that allow access to content without prior registration or age verification.
ANDP also called on TikTok to come up with plans to restrict the creation of fake profiles, preventing children and teenagers from opening accounts without “parent or guardian permission” during the registration process.
TikTok is one of the most used social networks in Brazil, with about 82 million users over the age of 18. However, there are currently no accurate statistics on the number of children and teenagers accessing the platform.
