FTC v. TikTok (Musical.ly) — $5.7M COPPA Settlement (Feb 2019)
Musical.ly (later TikTok) agreed to pay $5.7 million to settle FTC charges that it illegally collected personal information from children under 13 on the lip-syncing app without parental consent. At the time the largest COPPA settlement in FTC history. Required the company to delete all personal information collected from known child users.
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