The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against TikTok on Friday alleging the popular social media platform violated a children's online privacy law on a 'massive-scale.'
The Department of Justice on Friday filed a lawsuit against TikTok and its China-based parent company ByteDance over the company's alleged failure to protect children's privacy on the social media platform. The DOJ argues that TikTok violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires services aimed at children to obtain parental consent before the platform can collect personal information on users under the age of 13.
The government alleges that for years, millions of American children under 13 have been using TikTok and the company "has been collecting and retaining children's personal information." "TikTok knowingly and repeatedly violated kids' privacy, threatening the safety of millions of children across the country," said FTC Chair Lina Khan.
ByteDance is facing a Jan. 19, 2025, deadline to sell its U.S. assets or the short-form video platform will face a ban in the U.S. TikTok and ByteDance have filed a separate lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law, which is pending in federal court.
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