The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against TikTok, accusing it of illegally collecting data on millions of children. This lawsuit aims to stop TikTok's alleged mass-scale invasion of children's privacy. The DOJ claims that TikTok violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by allowing children to create accounts without parental consent and not deleting their information when requested. TikTok's spokesperson rejected the allegations by claiming that these violations had already been addressed.
TikTok faces fines of up to $51,744 for each COPPA violation, and it's already contesting other proposed nationwide bans. The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that could ban TikTok in the United States due to its ties to the Chinese company ByteDance, further complicating its position in the US market. TikTok filed a lawsuit against the US government in a related development, stating that Congress is singling it out to get it banned.
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The COPPA Rule requires TikTok to prove it does not target children as its primary audience. TikTok meets this rule by asking users...