{"id":2771,"date":"2024-08-03T17:21:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T17:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trulinco.com\/blog\/news-new\/justice-department-sues-tiktok-accusing-the-company-of-illegally-collecting-childrens-data\/"},"modified":"2024-08-03T17:21:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T17:21:05","slug":"justice-department-sues-tiktok-accusing-the-company-of-illegally-collecting-childrens-data","status":"publish","type":"news-new","link":"https:\/\/www.trulinco.com\/blog\/news-new\/justice-department-sues-tiktok-accusing-the-company-of-illegally-collecting-childrens-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department sues TikTok, accusing the company of illegally collecting children&#8217;s data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"theme-e FITT_Article_main__body oBTii mrzah\" data-testid=\"prism-GridColumn\" 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class=\"MediaPlaceholder__Pill  items-center absolute flex\">1:16<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MediaPlaceholder__PlaybackWrapper absolute-fill\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Caption__Wrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption\">\n<div class=\"Caption__TextWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Caption__Text\" aria-live=\"polite\"><span class=\"Truncate Truncate--collapsed\"><span><span class=\"RichText\">FILE &#8211; The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo\/Matt Slocum, File)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span aria-label=\"The Associated Press\" class=\"RichText Caption__Credit\">The Associated Press<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ScrollSpy_container\"><span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"XQpSH\" data-testid=\"prism-divider\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"xvlfx ZRifP TKoO eaKKC bOdfO\" data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC\">The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, accusing the company of violating children\u2019s online privacy law and running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The complaint, filed together with the Federal Trade Commission in a California federal court, comes as the U.S. and the prominent social media company are embroiled in <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tiktok-bytedance-censorship-us-data-240e11d9bb6212b0c9b1adab821e5005\">yet another legal battle<\/a> that will determine if \u2013 or how \u2013 TikTok will continue to operate in the country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The latest lawsuit focuses on allegations that TikTok, a trend-setting platform popular among young users, and its China-based parent company ByteDance violated a federal law that requires kid-oriented apps and websites to get parental consent before collecting personal information of children under 13. It also says the companies failed to honor requests from parents who wanted their children&#x27;s accounts deleted, and chose not to delete accounts even when the firms knew they belonged to kids under 13. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">\u201cThis action is necessary to prevent the defendants, who are repeat offenders and operate on a massive scale, from collecting and using young children\u2019s private information without any parental consent or control,\u201d Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Division, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">TikTok said it disagreed with the allegations, \u201cmany of which relate to past events and practices that are factually inaccurate or have been addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO GbsKS pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW AMhAA daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc ebfE nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY VvTxJ iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM hbvnu OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD iShaE ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV kRoBe oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX\">\n<div data-testid=\"prism-ad-wrapper\" style=\"transition:min-height 0.3s linear 1s\" data-ad-placeholder=\"true\">\n<div data-box-type=\"fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-outstream\" data-testid=\"prism-ad\">\n<div class=\"Ad fitt-article-inline-outstream  ad-slot\" data-slot-type=\"fitt-article-inline-outstream\" data-slot-kvps=\"pos=fitt-article-inline-outstream-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\"> \u201cWe offer age-appropriate experiences with stringent safeguards, proactively remove suspected underage users and have voluntarily launched features such as default screentime limits, Family Pairing, and additional privacy protections for minors,\u201d the company said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The U.S. decided to file the lawsuit following <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tiktok-bytedance-ftc-justice-investigation-children-6044e57cc7adf9e57319e351c671483c\">an investigation by the FTC<\/a> that looked into whether the companies were complying with a previous settlement involving TikTok\u2019s predecessor, Musical.ly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">In 2019, the federal government sued Musical.ly, alleging it violated the Children\u2019s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, by failing to notify parents about its collection and use of personal information for kids under 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">That same year, Musical.ly \u2014 acquired by ByteDance in 2017 and merged with TikTok \u2014 agreed to pay $5.7 million to resolve those allegations. The two companies were also subject to a court order requiring them to comply with COPPA, which the government says hasn\u2019t happened. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">In the complaint, the Justice Department and the FTC allege TikTok has knowingly allowed children to create accounts and retained their personal information without notifying their parents. This practice extends to accounts created in \u201cKids Mode,\u201d a version of TikTok for children under 13. The feature allows users to view videos but bars them from uploading content.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO GbsKS pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW AMhAA daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc ebfE nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY VvTxJ iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM hbvnu OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD iShaE ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV kRoBe oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX\">\n<div data-testid=\"prism-ad-wrapper\" style=\"min-height:250px;transition:min-height 0.3s linear 0s\" data-ad-placeholder=\"true\">\n<div data-box-type=\"fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-box\" data-testid=\"prism-ad\">\n<div class=\"Ad fitt-article-inline-box  ad-slot\" data-slot-type=\"fitt-article-inline-box\" data-slot-kvps=\"pos=fitt-article-inline-box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The two agencies allege the information collected included activities on the app and other identifiers used to build user profiles. They also accuse TikTok of sharing the data with other companies \u2013 such as Meta\u2019s Facebook and an analytics company called AppsFlyer \u2013 to persuade \u201cKids Mode\u201d users to be on the platform more, a practice TikTok called \u201cre-targeting less active users.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The complaint says TikTok also allowed children to create accounts without having to provide their age, or obtain parental approval, by using credentials from third-party services. It classified these as \u201cage unknown\u201d accounts, which the agencies say have grown into millions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">After parents discovered some of their children\u2019s accounts and asked for them to be deleted, federal officials said TikTok asked them to go through a convoluted process to deactivate them and frequently did not honor their requests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Overall, the government said TikTok employed deficient policies that were unable to prevent children&#x27;s accounts from proliferating on its app and suggested the company was not taking the issue seriously. In at least some periods since 2019, the complaint said TikTok&#x27;s human moderators spent an average of five to seven seconds reviewing accounts flagged as potentially belonging to a child. It also said TikTok and ByteDance have technology they can use to identify and remove children&#x27;s accounts, but do not use them for that reason. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">The alleged violations have resulted in millions of children under 13 using the regular TikTok app, allowing them to interact with adults and access adult content, the complaint said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO GbsKS pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW AMhAA daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc ebfE nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY VvTxJ iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM hbvnu OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD iShaE ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV kRoBe oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX\">\n<div data-testid=\"prism-ad-wrapper\" style=\"transition:min-height 0.3s linear 1s\" data-ad-placeholder=\"true\">\n<div data-box-type=\"fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-outstream\" data-testid=\"prism-ad\">\n<div class=\"Ad fitt-article-inline-outstream  ad-slot\" data-slot-type=\"fitt-article-inline-outstream\" data-slot-kvps=\"pos=fitt-article-inline-outstream-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">In March, a person with the matter had told the AP the FTC\u2019s investigation was also looking into whether TikTok violated a portion of federal law that prohibits \u201cunfair and deceptive\u201d business practices by denying that individuals in China had access to U.S. user data. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Those allegations were not included in the complaint, which is asking the court to fine the companies and enter a preliminary injunction to prevent future violations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">Other social media companies have also come under fire for how they\u2019ve handled children\u2019s data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">In 2019, Google and YouTube agreed to pay a $170 million fine to settle allegations that the popular video site had illegally collected personal information on children without their parents\u2019 consent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy\">And last fall, dozens of U.S. states sued Meta Platforms Inc., which owns Facebook and Instagram, for harming young people and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms. <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/24080215-meta-lawsuit\">A lawsuit<\/a> filed by 33 states claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents\u2019 consent, in violation of COPPA. 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