The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, alleging repeated violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which prohibits the collection of personal information from children under 13 without parental consent.
The complaint details that TikTok allowed children to create and operate accounts, collecting personal data without parental consent, even in 'Kids Mode.' TikTok allegedly failed to delete data upon parents' requests, breaching privacy laws.
FTC Chair Lina Khan emphasized that TikTok's actions have endangered millions of children's safety by not complying with privacy regulations, while TikTok claims many concerns have been addressed with new safeguards and privacy features.
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