Texas Sues TikTok For Privacy Violations Against Children

JAKARTA - TikTok, a platform under the auspices of ByteDance, was sued by Texas on October 3. The lawsuit was filed by Texas Attorney General Ken pantas due to a violation of privacy against children.

TikTok is accused of violating the law by sharing information in the form of children's personal data without the legal consent of their parents or guardians.phant, quoted by Reuters, said that TikTok does not provide the right tools to limit child privacy.

This platform is also considered to have no tools to properly regulate minor accounts, even allowing the distribution of information from children's accounts that are set in Private mode. According tomen, the danger of sharing information on children attacks various types of accounts.

TikTok is also considered to have violated Texas law for allowing advertisers to target children. With some of these allegations,men have asked courts and civil laws of up to 10,000 US dollars (Rp154 million) for offenses committed.

Barrel filed a lawsuit in the state court of Galveston County, Texas. The company was charged with violating the Online Child Security Act through Parental Empowerment, the SCOPE Act also said.

Through this lawsuit,men want to emphasize the importance of children's safety and privacy data to TikTok and other major social media companies. Therefore, TikTok needs to be given a large fine so that other companies do not do the same.

"(TikTok and other major social media companies must be held accountable) for the exploitation of Texas children and the failure to prioritize the safety and privacy of minors online",