{
  "id": 11281,
  "url": "https://therecord.media/ofcom-investigation-tiktok-age-verification",
  "title": "UK investigates TikTok for alleged age-verification lapses, exposing kids to online harms",
  "summary": "“Age checks are a cornerstone of the UK’s online safety laws,” said Ofcom’s Chief Executive, Melanie Dawes. “Too many services have no or inadequate age checks in place, which is not good enough.”",
  "authors": null,
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "children-education,finance-investment",
  "orgs": "bytedance",
  "regions": "uk",
  "published_at": "2026-07-16T16:15:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-17T05:10:53.887Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-record-recorded-future-news",
  "source_name": "The Record (Recorded Future News)",
  "source_homepage": "https://therecord.media",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/11281",
  "original_url": "https://therecord.media/ofcom-investigation-tiktok-age-verification",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}