Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Monday imposed a $10 million fine on social media platform TikTok. The Associated Press news agency and others have given this report. The allegation is that the company failed to take action to address viral videos that led to the deaths of three Venezuelan children.
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Judge Tania D’Amelio throws out TikTok According to the report Claimed negligence and gave the company eight days to pay the fine. Additionally, he ordered TikTok to open an office in Venezuela to monitor content and ensure that the platform complied with local laws.
However, the judge did not say how Venezuela plans to force TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is based in China, to pay the fine. In recent years, Venezuela has blocked dozens of websites because they did not follow national telecommunications guidelines. According to various media reports, TikTok has not yet responded to the inquiry.
In November, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blamed TikTok for the death of a 12-year-old girl who reportedly died after participating in a TikTok challenge. According to media reports, the challenge required her to, among other things, take medication for anxiety disorders.
Venezuelan Education Minister Hector Rodriguez also said last month that a 14-year-old boy had also died after participating in a similar TikTok challenge. On November 21, Venezuela’s Attorney General also blamed TikTok for the death of a third child as a result of a challenge.
blackout challenge
TikTok, like other big platforms, has been criticized for years for not adequately moderating content. It was announced back in April that there were indications that a girl from Hesse may have died after taking part in the blackout challenge. During the challenge, kids get their throats slit until they pass out and videotape it. Years ago, families in the United States filed lawsuits because their children participated in a blackout challenge and died as a result.
More and more countries are planning to ban services like TikTok for young people and this is being discussed here as well. Recently TikTok is in Albania according to tegeschau Blocked for a year because young people used the platform to arrange fatal stabbings.
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