TikTok Wiretapping of Users Through In-App Browser Complaint

January 13, 2023

This class action brings suit against two related companies—TikTok, Inc. (formerly known as Musical.ly, Inc.) and ByteDance, Inc.—claiming that they “surreptitiously intercept[] the private electronic communications of users of Tiktok’s social media application” through the use of an in-app browser. The complaint claims that the browser tracks users’ actions and communications at third-party websites, without their consent, and thereby violates the Federal Wiretap Act.