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US sues TikTok over child privacy

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Published: August 2, 2024 8:21 pm
Author: RT

The Chinese-owned short-video platform has “unlawfully collected and retained children’s personal information,” according to the Justice Department

The US Justice Department (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance for allegedly failing to protect children’s privacy on the social media app. 

According to a statement from the DOJ on Friday, TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires services aimed at children to obtain parental consent to collect personal information if users are under 13.

The DOJ said TikTok knowingly allowed children to create accounts on the app and to create and share videos with adults. The platform collected information from young users without consent from their parents, it said.

“The defendants unlawfully collected and retained children’s email addresses and other types of personal information. Further, when parents discovered their children’s accounts and asked the defendants to delete the accounts and information in them, the defendants frequently failed to honor those requests,” the DOJ statement reads.


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TikTok claimed on Friday that many of the allegations “relate to past events and practices that are factually inaccurate or have been addressed.” 

“We are proud of our efforts to protect children, and we will continue to update and improve the platform,” the company said.

The latest TikTok case was referred to the DOJ by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in June. The FTC is seeking penalties of up to $51,744 per violation per day from TikTok.

TikTok has long been in the crosshairs of the US government, which previously dubbed the platform a “national security threat” due to its Chinese ownership. The video-sharing app has around 170 million users in the US. The company is currently fighting a new US law that would force ByteDance to divest TikTok’s US assets by January 19 or face a complete ban.

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