Mar 26, 2019 15:00:00

In TikTok, some users' accounts are deleted with every movie, the cause is 'rather of interface'

By

Vladdeep

An app from China that allows easy sharing of short movies ' TikTok ' is fined over 600 million yen for violation of data protection regulations for children under 13 years of age, and accounts registered as under 13 years of age Has been deleted. However, BuzzFeed reports that in fact, the accounts of people aged 13 and older have been deleted.

TikTok Users Say Their Accounts Are Being Deleted With 'No Warning' After New Policy
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/tiktok-account-delete

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a US $ 5,700,000 (approximately ¥ 630 million) fine in the United States because Tiktok was not fully aware of children under the age of 13.

Popular video sharing app TikTok goes to fines over 600 million yen for 'child information gathering'-GIGAZINE

In response, TikTok has deleted all accounts registered under 13 years of age. However, TikTok had to enter a birthday when logging in for the first time, but it is difficult to understand that entering his / her date of birth in the entry field, and the entry field defaults to “Current date '' Was being input. Therefore, many users completed registration with this default setting, and were treated as '0 years old' in the system. As a result, as a result of this account deletion under 13 years of age, the account that was being treated as 0 years old has also been completely deleted.

The birthdate selector wasn't sliding so i put 2019. My mistake, i know. But i didn't know actually would actually be my delete I'm so mad, i literally cried. All of my memories, and fans, all gone. seriously. undo the update, i'm 13 and that's old enough to be on the app.

— Ava roy (@avaroyyy) February 28, 2019

TikTok announces 'Please send us your identification number, such as your license' if you entered your own date of birth by mistake. However, there are many who have reported that 'the account has not been recovered even though the ID number has been sent.'

I could not be let my account go that easy. I have done everything you have had suggested suggested sending my ID and my account is still deleted. great to get some honest feedback here.

— WHERE MY DAUGHTER? (@_SlyLingual) February 28, 2019

Also, it seems that some of the movies you posted have disappeared even though your account has been restored. TikTok told BuzzFeed about this, 'We are aware of the problem with deleting the account and we are working on it. We will announce it on Twitter @TikTok_US if there is progress.'