UK privacy watchdog fines Reddit $20 million over children’s data failures

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UK privacy watchdog fines Reddit $20 million over children’s data failures

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Tue, February 24, 2026 at 8:44 PM GMT+9

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LONDON, Feb 24 - Britain’s privacy ‌watchdog on Tuesday ‌said it had fined ​social media platform Reddit 14.47 million pounds ($19.52 million) for ‌failures ⁠related to children’s privacy.

The Information ⁠Commissioner’s Office said the company ​broke the ​rules ​by not ‌checking children’s ages properly, meaning it had no right to use data ‌from under-13s, ​and by ​not ​doing a ‌required risk assessment ​for ​children until after January 2025.

($1 = ​0.7413 ‌pounds)

(Reporting by Sam ​Tabahriti; editing by ​William James)

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