On TikTok, minors can choose to set their account as ‘public'. This means that any user, including those without a TikTok account, may be able to view minors' content. This setting also allows content published by ‘older' minors (16-17 years old) to be recommended to any other TikTok user through the For You Feed.
The Commission preliminarily considers that TikTok – in line with the Guidelines on the protection of minors – should adjust the default settings of minors' ‘public' accounts, so that their content is, by default, visible only to TikTok users whom the minor has accepted. While older minors may have the option to share their content with a broader audience on TikTok, the content should under no circumstances be accessible to a global audience outside the platform. Moreover, TikTok should refrain from recommending minors' content to other TikTok users through the For You Feed.
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