Reddit fined $20 million by UK for not effectively checking users’ ages The U.K.’s data protection regulator on Tuesday fined Reddit £14.47 million ($19.5 million) for failing to properly check the age of children using the platform. The regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), says that because Reddit lacked appropriate age assurance methods, the popular platform collected and used children’s data illegally. Reddit introduced stronger age verification measures for users to access mature content in July 2025, but it still relied on consumers to self-declare their age when opening an account, an ICO press release said. The ICO advised Reddit that “relying on self-declaration presents risks to children as it is easy to bypass,” according to the press release. Reddit’s lack of…