United States v. ByteDance (TikTok, COPPA) privacy case

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USUnited States of America

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Defendants

ByteDance Ltd.TikTok Inc.

DOJ, on referral from the FTC, alleged TikTok and ByteDance knowingly let millions of children under 13 use TikTok, collected their data without parental consent and violated a 2019 COPPA order.

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