DOJ file lawsuit accusing TikTok of collecting data from children

TikTok, with 170 million users in the U.S., is accused of violating the law by allowing kids under 13 to create accounts to interact with adults on the platform.
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[pinecone]

Middle School teacher here... Tik Tok creates hive mind thinking. China does nothing by accident.

[libertylovebryant]

ABOUT TIME AND HAVE THEM CHANGE THEIR NAME AND REMOVE ALL THE KIDS FROM THIS TIKTOK AND DONT ALLOW ANY KIDS ON THE NEW ONE....

[platinum]

So does Google when they give kids chromebooks and collect all thendata

[winonacampbell]

With the way, the youth at today compared to area, there’s no comparison the immaturity level has dwindled. One should have to be 18 before accessing any social network.

[cosmicthespider]

Can we sue the NSA for collecting data from children as well?

[articmars]

Fb, yt, instagram, and all the rest do the same thing. Where are the charges against them?

[SENBRM]

File a lawsuit against Google or Facebook or discord. they do the same thing

[normablake]

So…where are the parents?? If you don’t want kids to do these things, take the phone away! How hard is that? Be the damn parents you are supposed to be. If you’re afraid of being the parents, shame on you. Stand up for your children! Do it!
I have Meanest Mother of The Year trophy’s lining my walls. My Son is a good man raising his kids to be good people. Be the Parents!!

[ChrysanthemumKhine]

This is depending on USA laws and mobile phone centers. What ages can't Use some apps or what ages can use apps. Just like in USA guns laws.

[ericdwhitmorec]

That's literally every social media platform back to my space. Hell there are YouTube and Twitter pages right now ran by children. That is every website, where the kid lies about their age, I thought lawsuits like these were already settled decades ago, there should be tons of precedent

[papabradsog]

They do not like competition. Both are wicked.

[ThoughtsonThoughtsandFeelings]

This is good news for people who want TikTok to keep functioning

[timothypacker]

Should be the final nail for TikTok in the US. This one's very disturbing. One more reminder for parents to keep their children completely off TikTok. Just not safe. Peace.

[tyler]

How is TikTok supposed to stop 13yo from lying about their age. Why is none of the blame being put on the parents for not knowing what their kid is doing online? wtf is this bs.

[InsightsAbroad]

Did they file one against YouTube too?

[brianstollings]

Remember when Trump wanted to ban TikTok and everyone said not so fast?

[TunaLounge]

Don't tell me what is right. I will decide that.

[erinsquirkychannel]

To late, my kids with no devices at my house both have accounts an all they wanna sneek an do, even flat out lie to u and tell u off over it, ground the make them sit take there things an they still want to do it, they both are under 13 and should not be able to get accounts and both have and needs to change before everyone sues them for the crazy harms we go though bec of it

[lameetcalice]

Classic Tu Quoque...now do Operation Flicker.

[jamesfaircloth]

Ain't nothing our government hasn't already done!