TikTok Broke Privacy Promises, Children’s Groups Say
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/14/technology/tiktok-kids-privacy.html?campaign_id=158&emc=edit_ot_20200603&instance_id=1
Twenty consumer groups said the video app had failed to make some changes it agreed to carry out last year to settle federal charges. TikTok, the popular app for making and sharing short videos, has flouted an agreement it made with the Federal Trade Commission to protect the privacy of children on the service, a coalition of 20 children’s and consumer groups said on Thursday. Last year, TikTok agreed to make major changes to settle charges that one of its predecessor companies, (...)