A 12-year-old girl living in London has been nodded to remain anonymous by filing legal action against the short video app, Bloomberg report says TikTok... The girl claims that the video sharing app violates strict European Union data protection regulations. 
Confirmation of her anonymity was done by a judge in London, which gave her impetus to initiate a trial. The unnamed 12-year-old will be represented by Anne Longfield, Children's Commissioner for England. Longfield says it was imperative to get the court to be anonymous given that she could face “direct online bullying by other children or TikTok users” and “negative or hostile reactions from social media influencers” if the identity will be made public. ...
In a decision earlier this week, Judge Mark Warby said the child “intends to go to court, arguing - rightly or wrongly - that her privacy rights and the rights of others like her have been violated in ways that require medication. "The judge added that refusing to grant anonymity to a girl could" have a deterrent effect on children from filing claims to protect their data protection rights. "
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What makes this case especially interesting is that according to TikTok's terms and conditions, 13 is the minimum age to use the app. However, there is a version of TikTok in which people under the age of 13 can create videos, but not post them, and they can only watch videos deemed suitable for children. Thus, technically, the girl is not allowed to use the application unattended. But then we do not yet have access to the details of the trial.
Tiktok has been the subject of frequent scrutiny by European observers, especially with regard to the app's collection of personal data from children. Data protection executives set up a working group in June amid plans to coordinate an investigation into "TikTok's handling and practices."
TikTok said in a statement, "Privacy and security are top priorities for TikTok, and we have robust policies, processes and technologies to protect all users, and our young users in particular." However, a Chinese company owned by ByteDance did not help his case. The US government was on ByteDance's neck to sell its US business to a US company for privacy reasons or face an outright ban.
Despite the difficulties, the application is still one of the most popular applications. As of the end of 2020, Tiktok has received over two million downloads in the App Store and Google Play Store with over 800 million active users.
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