The US Justice Department alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday that TikTok has failed to stop children from joining the app and has unlawfully collected their personal data.
The lawsuit accuses TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, of violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by allowing children to create accounts without their parents' knowledge or consent.
The suit alleges that TikTok also collects and retains personal data from children, such as email addresses, phone numbers and location data, and fails to comply with requests from parents to delete their children's information.
Friday's lawsuit stems from a 2019 agreement between the social media app and the US Federal Trade Commission to settle allegations that it illegally collected personal information from children under the age of 13.
The settlement required that the company take specific measures to comply with the act.
The Justice Department claims that TikTok has continued to violate the law, as well as that 2019 court order.
The lawsuit marks the latest scrutiny of the popular short-form video app, which is also engaged in a legal battle over a law that could result in it being banned in the US.
TikTok has been fined in Europe for violating children's privacy protections.
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