United Kingdom: Information Commissioner's Office investigation into TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur's use of children's data in United Kingdom

Progress

Current status

in force

05 Feb 2026 in force

03 Mar 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers

United Kingdom

Policy Area

Data governance

Policy Instrument

Data protection regulation

Regulated Economic Activity

platform intermediary: user-generated content

Government Branch

executive

Government Body

data protection authority

Implementation Level

national

Timeline of events

05 Feb 2026

in force

Information Commissioner’s Office fined MediaLab GBP 247'590 for children’s privacy failures on Imgur

On 5 February 2026, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined MediaLab.AI, owner of the image sharing and hosting platform Imgur, GBP 247'590 for failing to use children’s personal information lawfully under the UK General Data Protection Re…

Source

Event type investigation

Action type ruling

Government branch executive

Government body data protection authority

03 Mar 2025

under deliberation

Information Commissioner’s Office announced investigation into TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur’s use of children’s data in the United Kingdom

On 3 March 2025, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) launched investigations into TikTok, Reddit and Imgur regarding their handling of the personal data of UK children. The investigation into TikTok focuses on how the platform uses the …