TikTok had to make sweeping changes after reaching a settlement with the FTC for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). One of those changes is directing users under 13 to a separate app experience that doesn't allow them to share videos. In order to determine which users can access the regular interface and which ones will have to make do with the age-appropriate version, TikTok has been prompting people to verify their birthdays. Unfortunately, the company's implementation seems to be far from perfect, because some users above 13 got their accounts deleted by mistake.
Source: BuzzFeed News, TikTok
TikTok's older users are being blocked after it introduced age checks posted first on https://www.engadget.com
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