TikTok Sued by US Justice Department for Alleged Violations of Kids’ Privacy

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August 2, 2024, 7:54 PM

• •TikTok agreed to a US federal court order barring the social media giant from collecting personal information from its youngest users without their parents' consent.
• •TikTok allegedly allowed children under 13 to create accounts in the regular TikTok experience and collected extensive personal information from those children without first providing parental notice or obtaining verifiable parental consent.
• •TikTok also wouldn't remove accounts purporting to belong to children unless the user made an explicit admission of their age on their account.

TikTok is being sued by the US government for allegedly collecting personal information from children under 13 without their parents' consent. The company has denied the allegations.

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