“The FTC has given a gentle slap on the wrist, and it underscores how the agency has failed to enforce the only consumer privacy law it’s responsible for on children,” said Jeff Chester, the executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy. “TikTok and others have been failing to comply with [the 1998 children’s privacy law] for years, and the FTC has been reluctant to challenge the privacy-invasive practices of the companies that target children. This is too little, too late.”

Source: Los Angeles Times February 27, 2019 23:48 UTC