The Dutch Foundation for Market Information Research (SOMI) filed four cross-border class actions in Germany against TikTok and X. Announced Wednesday, the multi-billion-euro lawsuits seek injunctive relief and damages for violations of German and EU law, particularly the Digital Services Act (DSA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and AI Act (AIA). Leipzig, Germany-based law firm Spirit Legal announced the suits.
Social media networks have adopted between 44% and 76.5% of practices recommended for complying with the General Data Protection Regulation's data subject access rules, French privacy watchdog CNIL said Thursday in an unofficial translation.
New Jersey's Essex County Superior Court ordered a dismissal of the lawsuit against social media platform TikTok over kids safety and mental health concerns on Saturday. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin filed the complaint in October, alleging TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the state’s consumer protection law.
TikTok submitted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that New York state brought against it in a memorandum on Wednesday in a case alleging violation of consumer protection and product-liability laws. TikTok based its motion to dismiss on the grounds that the plaintiff’s claims are legally defective, and because New York failed “to state a cause of action,” according to the court document.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) on Friday announced a lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteData for allegations that the social media app is harmful to children and has misrepresented the potential for the Chinese government to access Virginia residents’ data.
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing DOJ not to enforce the TikTok divestment law for 75 days while the parties “determine the appropriate course forward.”
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok, citing Congress’ “well-supported national security concerns.”
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok, citing Congress’ “well-supported national security concerns.”
National security surveillance, First Amendment issues and age-gating will be key privacy and technology policy areas to watch under the incoming administration, said Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) staff during a webinar Thursday.
Austrian privacy advocacy group Noyb Thursday sued TikTok, AliExpress, Shein, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi under the General Data Protection Regulation for unlawfully transferring Europeans' personal data to China. Noyb said four of the companies conceded sending the data to China, and two acknowledged sending it to undisclosed third countries. EU law is clear, the group said: Data transfers are allowed only if the destination country doesn't undermine data protection: "Given that China is an authoritarian surveillance state, companies can't realistically shield EU users' data from access by the Chinese Authorities." The emergence of Chinese apps opens a front for EU data protection law, Noyb said.