TikTok will strengthen age-verification technology across the EU.
16 January 2026
TikTok will begin to roll out the new technology across the EU in the coming weeks, as calls for an Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow.
The system, which was quietly piloted in the EU over the past year, analyses profile information, posted videos and behavioural signals to predict whether an account may be belong to a user under 13.
The system, which was quietly piloted in the EU over the past year, analyses profile information, posted videos and behavioural signals to predict whether an account may be belong to a user under 13.