TikTok Faces Civil Lawsuit for COPPA Violations, Millions of Children Affected
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The U.S. Department of Justice and FTC filed a civil lawsuit against TikTok and ByteDance alleging COPPA violations for allowing under-13 users to create accounts and collecting their personal data without parental consent, exposing the company to significant fines. The report highlights ongoing regulatory pressures, including potential forced divestiture, previous fines in the EU/UK, new U.S. protections for teens, and allegations of data transfers to China, while TikTok denies wrongdoing.
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