Tiktok and its parent company ByteDance are facing a fresh lawsuit from President Joe Biden’s administration alleging that they failed to ensure data privacy for children using the social media platform.
Filed on Aug. 2, the civil complaint came from both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice in the Central District of California. TikTok, the administration claimed, violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) and an associated FTC rule outlining how online services should handle data from children under 13 years of age.
According to the complaint, Tiktok breached a 2019 court order to resolve a similar lawsuit alleging violations of COPPA and its associated FTC rule….