国际版《抖音》因侵犯儿童隐私被罚款570万

TikTok will pay $5.7 million to settle accusations that it violated children’s privacy law, the Federal Trade Commission said.

美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）表示，抖音国际版因违反儿童隐私法而被起诉，而且为了解决这次诉讼，抖音国际版将被罚款570万美元。

The short-form video app and social network is also being required to gain parental approval for users under 13 years of age, to comply with federal law. All videos previously uploaded by people under the age of 13 will be removed as well.

根据联邦法律，对于未满13岁的用户，该短视频社交媒体应用软件还被要求获得这些用户家长的同意。先前未满13岁的用户上传的所有视频也将被删除。

Nearly every social network and online service operating in the US asks users to agree to terms that prohibit children under 13 from using the product, mostly to avoid liability . Yet a large percentage of Musical.ly (TikTok’s former app) users were under the age of 13, according to the complaint issued by the FTC, and there were “thousands of complaints from parents that their children under 13 had created Musical.ly accounts.”

几乎每一家在美国运营的社交网络和在线服务都要求用户同意禁止未满13岁的儿童使用其产品的条款，这主要是为了逃避责任。然而，美国联邦贸易委员会在控告中表示，Musical.ly应用软件（抖音国际版的前身）的很大一部分用户都不满13岁，而且已经有“数以千计来自家长对他们未满13岁的孩子创建Musical.ly账户的投诉”。

“The operators of TikTok knew many children were using the app but they still failed to seek parental consent before collecting names, email addresses, and other personal information from users under the age of 13,” FTC Chairman Joe Simons stated in a press release.

“抖音国际版的运营者知道许多儿童在使用这款应用软件，但从那些未满13岁的用户那里收集姓名、邮箱地址以及其他个人信息之前，他们仍未征得孩子家长的同意，”美国联邦贸易委员会主席乔·西蒙斯在一份新闻稿中说道。

The FTC said the $5.7 million settlement is the largest civil penalty ever in a children’s privacy case.

美国联邦贸易委员会表示，570万美元的罚款是儿童隐私案件史上最高的一次民事罚款。

TikTok’s trust and safety team issued a response following the news, saying that they have taken additional measures to increase safety and protection around kids under 13.

在这一新闻播出之后，抖音国际版的信任与安全小组给出了回应，称他们已经采取了进一步措施来提高安全系数，增加对未满13岁的孩子们的保护。

（翻译：Dlacus）