Italy orders probe into TikTok over dangerous content

Italy’s competition watchdog said Tuesday it had opened an investigation into video app TikTok for failing to enforce its own rules on removing “dangerous content” related to suicide and self-harm.

The Italian Competition Authority said its probe, which targets Irish company TikTok Technology Limited, a subsidiary of Chinese-owned TikTok, was sparked by videos of young people “adopting self-harming behaviour”, including the “French scar challenge”.

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