Case Status
Pending
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. BYTEDANCE LTD., a Cayman Islands company; BYTEDANCE INC., a Delaware corporation; TIKTOK LTD., a Cayman Islands company; TIKTOK INC., a California corporation; TIKTOK PTE. LTD., a Singapore company; and TIKTOK U.S. DATA SECURITY INC., a Delaware corporation,
Civil Action Number
2:24-cv-06535
Federal Court
Central District of California
Case Summary
An investigation from the Division of Enforcement and the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection found TikTok/ByteDance violated a 2019 consent order for infringing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. The DOJ is bringing a lawsuit on behalf of FTC for flagrantly violating COPPA and violating the 2019 order.