BDNNY - Justice Department To Prioritize Children's Privacy Violation In TikTok Lawsuit Drops Claim Chinese Platform Misled US Customers | Benzinga
The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly decided to drop one of the two proposed claims against ByteDance-owned TikTok, focusing instead on a consumer protection lawsuit centered on children’s privacy.
What Happened: The DOJ is preparing to file a consumer protection lawsuit against TikTok later this year, focusing on children’s privacy. This decision comes after the Federal Trade Commission investigated the case and referred it to the DOJ, reported Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter.
The DOJ will drop the part of the complaint alleging that TikTok deceived U.S. consumers by failing to inform them that employees of its parent company based in Beijing, would have access to their personal and financial information.
The department will proceed with allegations that the company violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which prohibits the collection of data ...