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DOJ and FTC Sue TikTok for Violating Children’s Privacy Laws

Lawsuit contends the social media platform collects personal data from preteens.

The US Government turns up the heat on social media platform.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against TikTok. The suit accuses the social media platform of illegally collecting children’s data. The complaint contends that TikTok, and its China-based parent company ByteDance, violated a federal law requiring kid-oriented apps and websites get parental consent before collecting personal data from children under 13 years old. In their lawsuit, filed in a California federal court, the DOJ and the ...

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