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U.S. SUES TIKTOK, ALLEGING MILLIONS OF CHILD PRIVACY VIOLATIONS

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The U.S. Justice Department and FTC have sued TikTok and ByteDance for allegedly violating children's privacy laws. The lawsuit claims TikTok collected data from millions of under-13 users, allowed them to interact with adults, and ignored parental deletion requests. TikTok denies these allegations.