FTC: Musical.ly (TikTok), COPPA privacy case

US Federal Trade Commission · decided Feb 27, 2019 · Settled

The FTC alleged the app, now TikTok, collected personal information from children without parental consent.

The case

Against: Musical.ly (TikTok)
Regulator: US Federal Trade Commission
Decided: Feb 27, 2019
Status: SettledDOJ later alleged in 2024 that TikTok violated this order.
Outcome: Musical.ly agreed to pay USD 5.7 million, then the largest COPPA civil penalty.
Amount: $5.7 million

History

1 dated entry

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Feb 27, 2019	Decision: FTC: Musical.ly (TikTok), COPPA	Decision	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
Oct 5Status Conference tentatively in 10dnext date	In re Consumer Vehicle Driving Data Tracking LitigationStatus Conference tentativelyActivePrivacyN.D. Ga.	Privacy	Active	Jun 7, 2024
Oct 6Next Case Management Conference in 11dnext date	In re Meta Pixel Healthcare LitigationNext Case Management ConferenceActivePrivacyN.D. Cal.	Privacy	Active	Jun 17, 2022
Oct 14An in-person status hearing is in 19dnext date	In re Clearview AI Consumer Privacy LitigationAn in-person status hearing isSettledPrivacyN.D. Ill.23% equity stake in Clearview AI	Privacy	Settled	Jan 8, 2021
Apr 19, 2027Jury Trial in 7monext date	United States v. Cerebral (health data for ads)Jury TrialSettledPrivacyS.D. Fla.$7 million	Privacy	Settled	Apr 12, 2024
Sep 10Filed 15d agofiled	Texas AG v. TikTok: deceptive child safety claimsDecidedConsumer protectionTexas Attorney General	Consumer protection	Decided	Sep 10
Aug 31Filed 25d agofiled	Isbell v. SunoActivePrivacyD. Mass.	Privacy	Active	Aug 31
Aug 21Filed 35d agofiled	Dutch DPA fine: Uber, automated driver deactivationDecidedPrivacyDutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens)EUR 824,990,000	Privacy	Decided	Aug 21
May 21Filed 4mo agofiled	Texas AG v. Meta and WhatsApp: encryption claimsActivePrivacyTexas Attorney General	Privacy	Active	May 21

Caption and links

United States v. Musical.ly and Musical.ly, Inc.

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