US governement sues TikTok, accusing the company of illegally collecting children's data

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The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating children's online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency.

Friday, August 2, 2024 6:07PMWASHINGTON --on Friday, accusing the company of violating children's online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency.

The U.S. decided to file the lawsuit following an investigation by the FTC that looked into whether the companies were complying with a previous settlement involving TikTok's predecessor, Musical.ly. The two agencies allege the information collected included activities on the app and other identifiers used to build user profiles. They also accuse TikTok of sharing the data with other companies - such as Meta's Facebook and an analytics company called AppsFlyer - to persuade "Kids Mode" users to be on the platform more, a practice TikTok called "re-targeting less active users.

 

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