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United States v. TikTok Inc. and ByteDance Ltd. (COPPA)

Child safety
Ongoing
Filed Aug 2, 2024
AI system / company
TikTok/ByteDance
Jurisdiction
United States (federal)
Court / regulator
U.S. District Court, C.D. Cal. (DOJ on FTC referral)
Status
Ongoing

What happened

The DOJ and FTC sued TikTok and ByteDance alleging that since 2019 they knowingly permitted children to create regular accounts, collected and retained their personal data, and failed to honor parental deletion requests, in violation of COPPA and a prior 2019 FTC consent order. The complaint seeks civil penalties of up to $51,744 per violation per day and permanent injunctive relief.

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