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Venezuela’s supreme tribunal has fined TikTok $10 million in connection with viral challenges that authorities say left three children dead and injured dozens in recent months.
President Nicolas Maduro said the three children, aged 12, 13, and 14, died after they participated in challenges that included ingesting, inhaling, and spreading “dangerous mixes” of chemicals.In a ruling on Monday, Tania D’Amelio, one of the tribunal judges, said TikTok had been negligent in failing to implement “necessary and adequate measures” to stop the spread of content encouraging the challenges.D’Amelio said Venezuela would use the money to “create a TikTok victims fund, intended to compensate for the psychological, emotional, and physical damages to users, especially if these users are children and adolescents”.
The social media platform was also ordered to open an office in the South American country and given eight days to pay the fine or face “appropriate” measures.
The company told the court that it “understands the seriousness of the matter”. Thecable
