TikTok Failed to Protect Children’s Privacy, Allege Advocacy Groups

May. 15, 2020

Viral video app,TikTok, is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons after being accused of repeatedly failing to protect children on its platform. According toThe News York Times, a coalition of 20 children’s rights and consumer advocacy groups in the US filed a complaint against the company on Thursday, accusing it of not doing enough toprotect the privacy of childrenusing the service.

The complaint also alleges that the app is making it easy for children to flout its own regulations that a child has to be at least 13-years of age to be able to upload videos on the platform. As per the complaint, kids can easily change their birth-dates and re-register as an adult from the same device.

In a statement to The New York Times, a TikTok spokesperson said:“We take privacy seriously and are committed to helping ensure that TikTok continues to be a safe and entertaining community for our users”.

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