British telecommunications regulator Ofcom said Wednesday it had handed video sharing platform TikTok a 1.9 million pound ($2.4 million) fine for failing to timely make available safety data. Ofcom criticised the platform, which is owned by Chinese group Byte Dance, saying it communicated inaccurate information last year and failed swiftly to address that. “Ofcom has today fined TikTok £1.875 million for failing to accurately respond to a formal request for information about its parental controls safety feature,” the regulator said in a statement. In a statement to AFP, TikTok recognised it had furnished Ofcom with inaccurate data on the use
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