US sues TikTok, accusing firm of illegally collecting children's data

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the social media giant of illegally collecting data from children under 13 and violating a settlement agreement with another federal agency.

The complaint, filed in a California federal court in collaboration with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), alleges that TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, breached