The operator of a video-sharing app popular with teenagers agrees to pay millions to settle US Government claims it illegally collected personal information from children.
The operator of a video-sharing app popular with teenagers has agreed to pay $US5.7 million to settle US Government claims it illegally collected personal information from children.The app allegedly violated the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires kid-oriented websites to get parents' consent
The Federal Trade Commission said the penalty against lip-syncing app Musical.ly, now known as TikTok, is the largest ever obtained in a children's privacy case. Mr Smith said the company deleted some under-age accounts but did not delete their videos and profile information from its own servers. Director of the Boston-based Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood Josh Golin said it was a troubling move.Mr Golin and other privacy advocates were also underwhelmed by FTC's record fine, arguing that big companies would see it as merely the cost of doing business.
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