Italy takes action against TikTok following girl's death

Italy’s data protection authority said Friday it was imposing an immediate block on TikTok’s access to data for any user whose has t been verified.

authority said it was acting with “urgency” following death of a 10-year-old girl in Sicily, who died while participating in a so-called “blackout” challenge while using Chinese-owned video-sharing social network.

Prosecutors in Sicily are investigating case.

data protection authority ted it had advised TikTok in December of a series of violations, including scant attention to protection of mirs, ease with which users under 13 could sign up for platform — against its own rules — lack of transparency in information given to users and use of automatic settings that did t respect privacy.

“While waiting to receive a response, authority decided to take action to ensure immediate protection of mirs in Italy registered on network,’’ authority said in a statement.

block will remain in place at least until Feb. 15, when furr evaluations will be made.