Indiana’s attorney general on Wednesday sued TikTok for deceiving users about China’s access to their data and for exposing children to mature content, in the first state lawsuits against the Chinese-owned app. From the New York Times.
Indiana’s attorney general on Wednesday sued the Chinese-owned app TikTok for deceiving users about China’s access to their data and for exposing children to mature content.
Indiana is seeking penalties of up to $5,000 per violation and has asked a state Superior Court to order TikTok to stop false and misleading claims about its handling of data and to stop marketing itself as an app appropriate for young teenagers.TikTok has denied that it sends data belonging to Americans to the Chinese government and has tried distancing itself from ByteDance, which bought the app, then known as, in 2017 for more than $800 million.
In September, British regulators warned TikTok that it could face up to $29 million in fines for violating new laws protecting children’s privacy. The European Commission has also opened investigations into TikTok for allegedly sending the data of EU citizens to the Chinese government and for targeting ads to minors.
Indiana’s attorney general said those assurances weren’t credible because Chinese law gives the government the authority to demand data from a U.S. affiliate. TikTok has promised to eventually delete all “protected” data of U.S. users from TikTok systems, but the suit said it was not clear what qualified as “protected” data.By not disclosing the risks of China’s access, the company is deceiving consumers, the suit said.
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