{"id":7129,"date":"2019-03-01T04:14:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T04:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ftcguardian.com\/articles\/?p=7129"},"modified":"2019-03-01T04:14:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T04:14:34","slug":"the-u-s-government-fined-the-app-now-known-as-tiktok-5-7-million-for-illegally-collecting-childrens-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ftcguardian.com\/articles\/the-u-s-government-fined-the-app-now-known-as-tiktok-5-7-million-for-illegally-collecting-childrens-data\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. government fined the app now known as TikTok $5.7 million for illegally collecting children\u2019s data"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. government fined the app now known as TikTok $5.7 million for illegally collecting children\u2019s data<\/h1>\n

By Craig Timberg and Tony Romm<\/a><\/p>\n

Federal regulators fined social media app\u00a0Musical.ly\u00a0 now known as TikTok $5.7 million for illegally collecting the names, email addresses, pictures and locations of kids under age 13, a record penalty for violations of the nation\u2019s child privacy law.<\/p>\n

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The fine results from a\u00a0settlement\u00a0between the Federal Trade Commission and TikTok, which merged with California-based\u00a0Musical.ly, over allegations of illegal data collection of children.<\/p>\n

The FTC said TikTok had 65 million users registered in the United States, it was the fourth and 25th-most popular free app on\u00a0Google\u00a0and\u00a0Apple\u00a0devices.<\/p>\n

Read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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