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According to Reuters and other sources on March 21st (local time), the Italian Fair Trade Commission (AGCM) said in a statement on its website on the same day, "This investigation is directed to the Irish TikTok division, which is in charge of European customers, and the British and Italian divisions. It includes an investigation," adding, "The Italian tax police visited TikTok's Italian headquarters."
AGCM determined that TikTok intentionally left harmful content that incites suicide and self-harm, and launched an investigation.
In particular, Italian authorities explained that challenges to induce self-harm in young people, such as the "French wound", are prevalent on TikTok.
According to the local media, the challenge is called the "French wound", meaning that the participants pinch the cheekbones of the face with their hands to rupture the capillaries under the skin, and then create red bruises to imitate the violent appearance of French gangsters."
Regulators said the app violated TikTok's policy to remove dangerous content, saying it "lacks adequate systems to manage and oversee content created and uploaded by third parties."
TikTok denied the allegations raised by the Italian authorities and said it would cooperate with the investigation.
"More than 40,000 security professionals are working to keep the TikTok community safe," he said, adding that "we are paying special attention to protecting young people."
On the other hand, the United States and the United Kingdom are tightening regulations on the use of TikTok by government agencies due to concerns that the Chinese government can share TikTok user information. The US Congress has proposed a bill to ban the operation of TikTok in its own country, and the Dutch government has recommended that public institutions refrain from using TikTok.
2023/03/27 11:02 KST
