US media Politico quoted sources as saying that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating short video platform TikTok, and the scope of the investigation involves data security and security operations, which could lead to TikTok being sued or paying a huge settlement.
According to the report, the FTC questions whether TikTok violates laws related to preventing fair and deceptive practices, including restricting access to US data by some Chinese users. The FTC will also investigate whether TikTok has violated laws that protect the online privacy of children.
Sources pointed out that the FTC’s investigation is nearing completion and a settlement agreement may be reached with TikTok in a few weeks. However, the possibility of the FTC ultimately suing TikTok cannot be ruled out.
Some US political figures have been criticizing that TikTok, controlled by Chinese capital, provides US user data to aa, which endangers US national security, and seeks for the Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok. The US federal government and several state governments have banned the downloading of TikTok applications through mobile phones on official devices.
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