Last Updated: Italian Authorities Restrict TikTok's Access For Certain Users Following Girl's Death Italy’s data protection authority said that it was imposing an immediate block on TikTok’s access to data for any user whose age has not been verified. Italy’s data protection authority, on January 22, said that it was imposing an immediate block on TikTok’s access to data for any user whose age has not been verified. The ban came following the death of a 10-year-old girl from Sicily, who “accidentally” killed her self after participating in TikTok’s viral ‘blackout challenge’. TikTok, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, has repeatedly drawn flak for its dangerous online challenges like outlet challenge, skull breaker challenge amongst others.