國際版《抖音》因侵犯兒童隱私被罰款570萬

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

美國聯邦貿易委員會（FTC）表示，抖音國際版因違反兒童隱私法而被起訴，而且爲了解決這次訴訟，抖音國際版將被罰款570萬美元。

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.

根據聯邦法律，對於未滿13歲的用戶，該短視頻社交媒體應用軟件還被要求獲得這些用戶家長的同意。先前未滿13歲的用戶上傳的所有視頻也將被刪除。

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.”

幾乎每一家在美國運營的社交網絡和在線服務都要求用戶同意禁止未滿13歲的兒童使用其產品的條款，這主要是爲了逃避責任。然而，美國聯邦貿易委員會在控告中表示，Musical.ly應用軟件（抖音國際版的前身）的很大一部分用戶都不滿13歲，而且已經有“數以千計來自家長對他們未滿13歲的孩子創建Musical.ly賬戶的投訴”。

“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.

“抖音國際版的運營者知道許多兒童在使用這款應用軟件，但從那些未滿13歲的用戶那裏收集姓名、郵箱地址以及其他個人信息之前，他們仍未徵得孩子家長的同意，”美國聯邦貿易委員會主席喬·西蒙斯在一份新聞稿中說道。

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

美國聯邦貿易委員會表示，570萬美元的罰款是兒童隱私案件史上最高的一次民事罰款。

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.

在這一新聞播出之後，抖音國際版的信任與安全小組給出了迴應，稱他們已經採取了進一步措施來提高安全係數，增加對未滿13歲的孩子們的保護。

（翻譯：Dlacus）