FTC Investigation Leads to Lawsuit Against TikTok and ByteDance for Flagrantly Violating Children's Privacy Law
August 02, 2024
August 02, 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release:
On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice sued video-sharing platform TikTok, its parent company ByteDance, as well as its affiliated companies, with flagrantly violating a children's privacy law--the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act--and also alleged they infringed an existing FTC 2019 consent order against TikTok for violating COPPA.
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On behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice sued video-sharing platform TikTok, its parent company ByteDance, as well as its affiliated companies, with flagrantly violating a children's privacy law--the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act--and also alleged they infringed an existing FTC 2019 consent order against TikTok for violating COPPA.
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