西班牙数据保护监管机构AEPD周三表示，已对社交媒体平台TikTok上涉嫌大量传播儿童性虐待材料一事展开调查。此事由当地一家新闻网站的调查报道曝光。
Spain's data protection watchdog AEPD said on Wednesday that it had launched a probe into the alleged proliferation of child sexual abuse material on social media platform TikTok brought to light in an investigation by a local news website.
不过，AEPD拒绝了政府提出的在西班牙暂时封禁该应用的要求，转而选择针对特定内容采取措施。
However, the AEPD rejected the government's demand to temporarily block the app in the country, opting instead for measures targeting specific content.
西班牙此次调查之际，大型科技公司正因影响未成年人的有害和非法网络内容在欧洲各地面临日益严格的审视。TikTok未立即回应路透社的置评请求。另外，西班牙总检察长已下令网络犯罪检察官调查“可能与制作和传播儿童性虐待材料以及腐蚀未成年人相关的任何潜在犯罪”，这些行为可能发生在TikTok上。政府要求暂停访问该平台之前，西班牙网络媒体Maldita.es进行了调查报道，记录了1183条露骨帖子。
AEPD表示，将要求Maldita.es提供其曝光报道中确认的链接，并要求TikTok提供有关为删除所举报内容所采取措施的信息。该机构称，在审查信息后，将采取“具体、相称且适当”的措施，例如屏蔽涉及非法处理未成年人数据的链接和特定内容的访问。AEPD表示，TikTok在欧洲的主要隐私监管机构是爱尔兰数据保护委员会，这限制了西班牙监管机构的权力。不过，该机构表示将与爱尔兰当局、其他欧洲监管机构以及欧盟委员会共享信息。
The Spanish probe comes as big tech companies face growing scrutiny across Europe over harmful and illegal online content affecting minors TikTok did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment Separately, Spain's attorney general ordered the cybercrimes prosecutor to investigate "any potential crimes related to the production and dissemination of child sexual abuse material and the corruption of minors that may have been committed" on TikTok The government's demand to suspend access to the platform followed investigative reporting by Spanish online outlet Maldita.es, which documented 1,183 explicit posts The AEPD said it would ask Maldita.es for the links identified in its exposé and request that TikTok provide information on measures taken to remove the reported content After examining the information, the agency said it would take "concrete, proportionate and appropriate" measures such as blocking access to links and specific content involving unlawful treatment of minors' data The AEPD said the lead privacy regulator for TikTok in Europe was Ireland's Data Protection Commission, which limited the Spanish watchdog's powers It said, however, that it would share information with Irish authorities, other European regulators and the European Commission