The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday filed a highly-anticipated lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, alleging that the popular short-form video app has engaged in “widespread” violations of children’s privacy laws. According to the DOJ, TikTok has been collecting a “wide variety” of personal information from children under the age of 13 without obtaining the necessary parental consent, thus breaching federal safeguarding standards. Legal professionals and corporate entities closely monitoring privacy law compliance may find the detailed account in the original Law360 article of significant interest.