TikTok Sued for Tracking, Collecting, and Disclosing Data of Children
Dec. 5, 2019According to the class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the app failed to create adequate measures to prevent minors from using the service. Moreover, the app asked for their email addresses, phone numbers, first and last name, photos, and bios.
The complaint reads,“Because the App had virtually all privacy features disabled by default, there were serious ramifications, including reports of adults trying to contact minor children via the App,”It also adds that,“these reports exposed the dangerous potential of the App, which allowed adults posing as children to send inappropriate messages to minor children using the App.”
In an email to Gizmodo about the lawsuit, a TikTok spokesperson said“TikTok was made aware of the allegations in the complaint some time ago, and although we disagree with much of what is alleged in the complaint, we have been working with the parties involved to reach a resolution of the issues.”
You can view the lawsuithere.
