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The justice department will not pursue allegations that TikTok
misled U.S. consumers about their data security in the
forthcoming suit, but will instead charge the company of
children's privacy violations, the report said, citing people
familiar with the decision.
The department plans to drop one part of the complaint, which
claims that TikTok deceived U.S. consumers by failing to inform
them that China-based employees of its parent company would have
access to their personal and financial information, according to
the report.
The DOJ, FTC and TikTok did not immediately respond to Reuters'
requests for comment.
Earlier this week, Reuters reported that the FTC had referred to
the DOJ a complaint against TikTok and its parent over potential
violations of children's privacy.
Separately, TikTok and ByteDance on Thursday urged a U.S. court
to strike down a law they say will ban the popular short video
app in the United States on Jan. 19 next year.
(Reporting by Devika Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi
Majumdar and Subhranshu Sahu)
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