The UK ICO fines Reddit £14.47M for unlawfully using children's personal information; Reddit began verifying user ages in July 2025 to comply with the UK OSA (Tom Singleton/BBC)
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Reddit has been fined roughly £14.5 million by the UK regulator for unlawfully using children’s personal information after the platform failed to verify user ages aggressively enough, relying on self-declaration. The company began implementing age-verification checks in July 2025 to meet UK online safety requirements.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechMeme·The UK ICO fines Reddit £14.47M for unlawfully using children's personal information; Reddit began verifying user ages in July 2025 to comply with the UK OSA (Tom Singleton/BBC)
Reddit was fined £14.47m for unlawfully using children's personal information. The company began verifying user ages in July 2025 to comply with the UK OSA. This move follows a UK ICO fine for violating children's data protection.
- Engadget·Reddit fined $19.6 million over age verification checks in the UK
Reddit was fined $19.6 million in the UK. The fine is related to age verification checks. The company allegedly failed to properly verify user ages.
- Ars Technica·UK fines Reddit for not checking user ages aggressively enough
Reddit was fined £14.5 million for not verifying user ages. The UK regulator alleged this failure led to illegal use of children's personal information. Reddit's age verification system relies on user self-declaration.
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