UK privacy watchdog fines Reddit $20 million over children’s data failures


Reddit's logo is displayed, at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

LONDON, ⁠Feb 24 - Britain's ⁠privacy watchdog on ‌Tuesday said it had fined social media ​platform Reddit 14.47 ⁠million pounds ($19.52 ⁠million) for failures related ⁠to ‌children's privacy.

The Information ⁠Commissioner's Office said the ​company ‌broke the rules by ⁠not ​checking children's ages properly, meaning ⁠it had no ​right to use data from under-13s, ⁠and by not doing a required risk assessment for ​children ⁠until after January 2025.

($1 = ​0.7413 ‌pounds)

(Reporting by Sam ​Tabahriti; editing by William James)

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