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The Texas attorney general filed a lawsuit this week against social media platform TikTok for allegedly sharing the personal data of minors under the Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act to Protect Children Online. They say it violates the state's well-known parental consent law.
The Scope Act was enacted in Texas to protect minors from harmful, deceptive, and unfair trade practices on some digital services, allowing digital service providers like TikTok to We prohibit the sharing, disclosure, or sale of personal information of minors without their consent. Guardian.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in a lawsuit filed against TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has accused the platform of ways in which it endangers the online safety and privacy of children in Texas. He claimed to be running the.
“I hold TikTok and other Big Tech companies accountable for exploiting Texas children and failing to prioritize the online safety and privacy of minors,” Paxton said in a news release Thursday. We will continue to pursue this.” “Texas law requires social media companies to take steps to protect children online and provide parents with the tools to do the same. Other social media companies cannot ignore their obligations under Texas law.”
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Chinese-owned TikTok for allegedly sharing the data of minors. (Justin Lane Poole/Getty Images/Getty Images)
Paxton asserted that TikTok's “Family Pairing” method does not verify identity or relationship to a minor, and does not allow parents or guardians to use commercially reasonable methods to verify identity. It accused social media platforms of not doing so.
“Even if Defendants prove the identity of the parents and their relationship to the minors, Defendants' pairing methods remain commercially unreasonable,” the complaint states. “Specifically, Defendants' Family Pairing Methodology provides known minors with sole discretion to grant or deny access to Parent Tools by their parents or guardians.”
Paxton also said in the lawsuit that this pairing method “unnecessarily” requires a parent or guardian to create an account before accessing the pairing tool.
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Paxton accused TikTok of failing to create and provide parental tools for accounts known to be minors. (Getty Images)
The lawsuit also alleges that TikTok unlawfully shares, discloses, and sells personally identifying information of known minors without first obtaining permission from their verified parents.
Specifically, the lawsuit gives the example of a minor's name or username, stating that if TikTok is used to search for accounts of known minors whose accounts are set to “public,” TikTok It said it would share and disclose personal identifying information of minors, such as names. , username, profile picture, social media contacts, and user content.
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The third violation Paxton charges TikTok with is failing to create and provide parental tools for accounts of known minors.
Under the Scope Act, digital service providers must create and provide parental tools that allow authorized parents to supervise, monitor, and restrict the use, privacy, and account settings of minors.
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Paxton requested a jury trial with a $10,000 fine on each count. He is also seeking injunctive relief to prevent social media companies from further violating the Scope Act.
