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Dutch foundation representing over 60,000 parents takes TikTok to court Photo: Depositphotos.com A Dutch foundation representing parents from around Europe is suing Chinese owned video platform TikTok for failing to protect the safety of children and breaching European advertising and privacy rules . Some 64,000 parents have registered claims with non-profit market information foundation SOMI to a combined amount of €1.4bn. SOMI maintains that the platform is failing to protect children from...

Dutch parents sue TikTok for €1.4 billion A Dutch parents group claims that TikTok is putting children at risk with its content and is collecting too much data. They claim the Chinese smartphone app is in breach of EU law. The group is asking for damages of between €500 and €2,000 per child The Market Information Research Foundation (SOMI), which represents more than 64,000 parents from the Netherlands and the rest of the European Union, sent a subpoena to an Amsterdam court on Tuesday. T...