Italy quizzes Facebook after TikTok child death row

Italy’s data protection agency asked Facebook, the social media giant which controls messaging service Instagram, to provide further information and explain, if the girl did have profiles on those sites, how they were obtained. — AP

ROME: Italy’s privacy watchdog said on Jan 27 it was probing how minors access Facebook and Instagram, after taking action against TikTok following the death of a 10-year-old girl.

The child died in a Sicilian hospital after allegedly taking part in a challenge on video-sharing network TikTok, despite its terms and conditions stating that users must be at least 13.