In the US, the FTC and the Department of Justice have taken significant action against the TikTok platform and also the company behind it, ByteDance filed a lawsuit.
The United States Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice are suing TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The law requires digital platforms to notify parents and obtain consent before collecting and using personal data from children under the age of 13. The platform is alleged to have failed to comply with the law and opened its doors to children under the age of 13. The Federal Trade Commission accuses TikTok and ByteDance of continuing to use data from underage users, including ad targeting data, even after their own employees raised concerns. The platform’s problems with the US have actually been going on for a very long time. For those who missed it, a law was passed last month that could have imposed a general ban on TikTok. With this step, the platform was not immediately blocked, but instead China-linked parent company ByteDance was given time to sell the platform. If no sales steps are taken within this period, the platform will be permanently banned in the USA. He said that he would use all possible legal rights against this situation.The company wasn’t kidding about this because it recently sued the US. The platform calls the US government’s decision to force the sale of the app unconstitutional and is embarking on a major legal battle to overturn this decision. However, no results are expected from this legal battle.