Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
“Britain’s data privacy watchdog slapped online forum Reddit on Tuesday with a [bribe demand] worth nearly $20 million for failures involving children’s personal information. The Information Commissioner’s Office said it issued the penalty worth $19.5 million because the failures resulted in the platform using children’s data ‘unlawfully.’ … The U.K. privacy regulator has been escalating scrutiny of online platforms over child safety. Earlier this month it hit MediaLab, owner of image-sharing site Imgur, with a [bribe demand] of about $335,000 over similar failures and it has also been investigating TikTok since last year.” (02/24/26)
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/02/24/reddit-data-privacy-fine/