TikTok agrees US$92mil deal to settle US privacy lawsuits


TikTok software identified users’ faces to let people apply special effects to videos, but also gleaned insights about age, gender and race for content recommendation and other features, legal filings contended. — AP

SAN FRANCISCO: TikTok has agreed to pay US$92mil (RM372.92mil) in a deal to settle a cluster of US class-action lawsuits accusing the video-snippet sharing platform of invading the privacy of young users.

A legal filing Friday in federal court in the state of Illinois urged a judge to approve the settlement, which includes TikTok being more transparent about data gathering and better training employees about user privacy.

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