Musical.ly, now TikTok, to pay FTC fine to settle allegations that it stored data from underage children

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February 27, 2019 10:58 PM

Social video app Musical.ly, now known as TikTok, agreed to pay $5.7 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it illegally stored data from underage children and refused parents' requests to delete it.

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