According to the Commission , TikTok allows minors to set their accounts to public, making their content visible to anyone — including people without a TikTok account. Regulators also say that content posted by older teenagers aged 16 and 17 can still be recommended to other users through the For You feed, increasing the risk of unwanted contact, cyberbullying, or exploitation. The Commission argues that stronger privacy protections for children should be enabled by default, rather than
