Musical.ly, the popular social media app for children that is now known as TikTok, illegally took personal information from kids without parental consent, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.

WACO, Texas -- Morgan Oglesby's 9-year-old daughter wanted to try Musical.ly. It's the app that lets kids create and post their own lip-syncing videos and all the kids are using it. After what ...

(WAVY) — The company behind the popular lip-sync video app Musical.ly, now known as TikTok, has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission for $5.7 million for allegedly violating children’s ...

It started as the lip-syncing app Musical.ly, then it was rebranded in 2018 as TikTok, before being slapped with a $5.7 million fine for illegally collecting kids’ data. Today, it is one of the most ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A popular app that your child may be using could be dangerous if they aren't using it carefully. The app Musical.ly seems harmless enough. Users can lip sync, make music videos ...

A significant FTC ruling issued today will see video app TikTok fined $5.7 million for violating U.S. children’s privacy laws, and will impact how the app works for kids under the age of 13. In an app ...

YouTuber and Twitch streamer PaymoneyWubby is fighting a copyright takedown for a video about the popular lip-syncing app Musical.ly. On Wednesday, he posted a video titled “YouTube STILL does not ...

The industry self-regulatory group Children's Advertising Review Unit has referred the social network Musical.ly to the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly violating children's privacy rules by ...

Before he was a member of the Sway House — an L.A.-based, fratlike collective of steely jawed TikTokers who make ungodly amounts of money gyrating into their camera phones — Blake Gray was the ...

The company behind the popular lip-sync video app Musical.ly, now known as TikTok, has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission for $5.7 million for allegedly violating children’s online ...