UNITED STATES — US government sues TikTok for allegedly violating children’s privacy law: TikTok has failed to stop children from joining the app and has unlawfully collected their personal data, the US Justice Department alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday. The lawsuit accuses TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, of violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by allowing children to create accounts without their parents’ knowledge or consent. TikTok also collects and retains personal data from children, such as email addresses, phone numbers and location data, and fails to to comply with requests from parents to delete their children’s information, the suit alleges... cnn.com
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United States Government is suing TikTok and ByteDance for violating children’s privacy law
Published (Updated) on Friday, August 2, 2024
• Nairaland is partially back online after being taken down by its host server provider (Cloudfare) for an 'Abuse Report'
• Nigerian activist, Falana has filed $5 million suit against Meta Platforms Inc.
• SoftBank is planning to invest $40 billion in OpenAI according to CNBC's David Faber
• Sacked Meta employees used meal funds to purchase things other than food, had meals delivered to their homes
• Huawei is gradually making an inroad into the Nigerian banking sector, a development that is becoming more worrisome, according to reports
• Apple vs Huawei Market Competition - Apple iPhone 16 Facing Challenges in China Market Against Huawei's Trifold Mate XT, According to Analysts
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