https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/12/tiktok-cnil-cookie-fine/ > TikTok is the latest tech giant to be schooled by France’s data protection watchdog for breaking rules on cookie consent. > The €5 million penalty announced today by the CNIL relates to a cookie consent flow TikTok had used on its website (tiktok.com) until early last year — in which the regulator found it was not as easy for users to refuse cookies as to accept them — so it was essentially manipulating consent by making it easier for site visitors to accept its tracking than to opt out.