ByteDance: TikTok failed to bar users it suspected to be under 13

According to TikTok’s own rules, users must be at least 13 years old to create an account in the video sharing app. But many children and teenagers don’t care. The app asks for the date of birth, but TikTok does not check whether users are telling the truth.
Internally, TikTok has been aware of the problem for a long time. Not long ago, TikTok and its predecessor musical.ly were mainly populated tby kids; hardly anyone over 14 used the app.
To counter the problem, TikTok has develope