Brazil fines TikTok $30m for child data privacy violations

Owner ByteDance ordered to erase illegally obtained child data in Brazil as crackdown on tech giants intensifies.Published On 25 Aug 202625 Aug 2026Brazil’s data protection authority has fined TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, nearly $30m for the alleged mishandling of children and teenagers’ personal data, in the nation’s latest move against social media companies.The regulatory body said in its ruling that TikTok had breached data privacy laws across both logged-in accounts and guest browsing sessions by collecting and processing young users’ personal information without a valid legal basis or adequate safeguards.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Brazil’s president says Amazon oil is ‘passport to the future’list 2 of 3Brazil bus crash kills at least 23 and injures five in Parana statelist 3 of 3Brazil launches AI supercomputer push while balancing US and Chinese techend of listThe regulator estimated that TikTok may have processed the data of at least 8 million children, highlighting what they said were systemic deficiencies within the platform’s age-verification mechanism.The company can still appeal the decision in the next 10 days, according to the regulator.The ...