The social media platform settled a legal dispute. It is said to have evaluated user data with artificial intelligence.
The Chinese social media platform TikTok has settled a lawsuit in the United States with a payment of 92 million US dollars (76 million euros). ByteDance was accused of using artificial intelligence to analyze the faces of its users.
The software is said to have drawn conclusions about age, gender and ethnicity from the data. In addition, Tiktok is said to have forwarded the data to China. The BBC reports.
TikTok denies allegations
The Reuters news agency reported that TikTok was infiltrating its users' devices and collecting a wide range of private data, including biometrics and content. These could be used to spy on TikTok users and enrich themselves by displaying targeted advertisements.
Tiktok denies the allegations. The company said that the company wanted to avoid lengthy legal proceedings and therefore agreed on the payment. In addition to paying, ByteDance has committed to including information about the collection of GPS data in its privacy policy. It is also intended to inform US users whether their data is being processed outside of the US.
