TikTok violates user rights on ‘massive scale’, EU consumers say


ByteDance Ltd’s TikTok is already being probed by EU data authorities over how it handles children’s personal information. — Dreamstime/TNS

TikTok, the Chinese-owned video-sharing app, is breaching users’ rights “on a massive scale”, European consumer campaign group BEUC warned on Feb 16 after firing off complaints to regulators.

TiKTok’s “unfair” copyright policy and virtual coins should be probed, Brussels-based BEUC urged in a statement on Tuesday. It also escalated previous warnings that the app fails to protect children and teenagers from harmful content or hidden advertising.

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