US alleges TikTok violates children’s privacy through illegal data collection
The United States in a lawsuit on Friday accused TikTok of violating children’s privacy by collecting data about them without their parents’ permission when they use the app. The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) joined forces in a civil suit saying the popular video-snippet sharing app broke the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). “TikTok knowingly and …