Wait… the Chinese Intelligence-collecting app might not be trustworthy?
I’m sure they have absolutely nothing to be afraid of. They’re just defending themselves. /s
Yes that will hold up in court, surely.
Maybe I’ve missed the /s, but yes, they’re binding, as long as they’re not in contradiction with the laws.
They don’t meet the terms necessary for the definition of a legal agreement.
- They do not contain a signature.
- They don’t explicitly identify you as an individual (again they can’t because no signature)
- They are not open to arbitration
- They also don’t bind the company to any legal requirements. A contract is between two, or more people. EULAs just define what you’re not allowed to do. They put no restrictions on the company at all.
They exist to scare people and nothing more they’re worth not as much as the paper they never written on.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
According to The New York Times, changes that TikTok “quietly” made to its terms suggest that the popular app has spent the back half of 2023 preparing for a wave of legal battles.
Perhaps most significantly, TikTok also added a section to its terms that mandates that all legal complaints be filed within one year of any alleged harm caused by using the app.
Then, in 2022, TikTok defeated a Pennsylvania lawsuit alleging that the app was liable for a child’s death because its algorithm promoted a deadly “Blackout Challenge.”
The same year, a bipartisan coalition of 44 state attorneys general announced an investigation to determine whether TikTok violated consumer laws by allegedly putting young users at risk.
As new information becomes available to consumers through investigations and lawsuits, there are concerns that users may become aware of harms that occurred before TikTok’s one-year window to file complaints and have no path to seek remedies.
One lawyer representing more than 1,000 guardians and minors claiming TikTok-related harms, Kyle Roche, told the Times that he is challenging TikTok’s updated terms.
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