A Portugal-based consumer protection organisation has filed a lawsuit against the short-video app TikTok for allegedly allowing minors under 13 to register for an account without parental consent and failing to take protective measures for them.
The case was filed a day after the British privacy watchdog said that TikTok had been penalised 12.7 million pounds ($15.81 million) for violating data protection laws, including using children's personal information without their parent's permission.
Australia, the United States, France, and other Western nations have recently blocked TikTok from government devices due to growing security worries that China may utilise the Beijing-based business, which is controlled by ByteDance Ltd., to steal users' data.
The non-profit group Ius Omnibus said in a statement "TikTok profits from children under the age of 13, taking advantage of their particular vulnerability," further added by asking a Lisbon court to "put an end to the unlawful conduct" and order the financial compensation of those affected.
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