{"id":39011,"date":"2022-07-30T14:28:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T14:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=39011"},"modified":"2022-07-30T14:28:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T14:28:12","slug":"the-tiktok-lawsuit-highlights-how-is-screwing-up-the-voiceover-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-tiktok-lawsuit-highlights-how-is-screwing-up-the-voiceover-community","title":{"rendered":"The TikTok Lawsuit Highlights How is Screwing Up the Voiceover Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1d6e183adf5\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1d6e183adf5\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1d6e183adf5\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-tiktok-lawsuit-highlights-how-is-screwing-up-the-voiceover-community\/#The_TikTok_Lawsuit_Highlights_How_is_Screwing_Up_the_Voiceover_Community\" title=\"The TikTok Lawsuit Highlights How is Screwing Up the Voiceover Community\">The TikTok Lawsuit Highlights How is Screwing Up the Voiceover Community<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-tiktok-lawsuit-highlights-how-is-screwing-up-the-voiceover-community\/#Bev_Standings_lawsuit_against_TikTok\" title=\"Bev Standing&#8217;s lawsuit against TikTok\">Bev Standing&#8217;s lawsuit against TikTok<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-tiktok-lawsuit-highlights-how-is-screwing-up-the-voiceover-community\/#TikToks_data_collection_practices\" title=\"TikTok&#8217;s data collection practices\">TikTok&#8217;s data collection practices<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-tiktok-lawsuit-highlights-how-is-screwing-up-the-voiceover-community\/#Its_obfuscation_of_source_code\" title=\"Its obfuscation of source code\">Its obfuscation of source code<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-tiktok-lawsuit-highlights-how-is-screwing-up-the-voiceover-community\/#Its_violation_of_COPPA\" title=\"Its violation of COPPA\">Its violation of COPPA<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/the-tiktok-lawsuit-highlights-how-is-screwing-up-the-voiceover-community\/#Its_payment_of_92_million_to_settle_lawsuits\" title=\"Its payment of $92 million to settle lawsuits\">Its payment of $92 million to settle lawsuits<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_TikTok_Lawsuit_Highlights_How_is_Screwing_Up_the_Voiceover_Community\"><\/span>The TikTok Lawsuit Highlights How is Screwing Up the Voiceover Community<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>The TikTok lawsuit highlighted some pretty troubling practices. The company agreed to remove user-generated videos and stop recording facial features. It also agreed not to track users&#8217; location using GPS and to delete their unposted user-generated videos from its servers. Besides, the company agreed to pay a significant settlement. Regardless of the final outcome, the company should be careful to keep the privacy of its users in mind.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bev_Standings_lawsuit_against_TikTok\"><\/span>Bev Standing&#8217;s lawsuit against TikTok<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Bev Standing has filed a lawsuit against TikTok because the video platform used her voice in thousands of videos without permission. She was unaware of the company using her voice until her friends shared them with others. Ultimately, she decided to file a lawsuit to demand compensation. This story shows how TikTok can screw up the voiceover community without realizing it.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was filed by a Canadian voice actress named Beverly Standing, the voice behind the text-to-speech feature on TikTok. She said that the company was using her voice without her consent and did not provide her with the right amount of compensation. The company had been using her voice in videos for months without her permission. She also alleges that she was not compensated for the use of her voice in the videos.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"TikToks_data_collection_practices\"><\/span>TikTok&#8217;s data collection practices<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not already aware, TikTok&#8217;s data collection practices have been making headlines. They&#8217;ve been collecting user data for a very long time, but it&#8217;s only recently that these practices have been brought to public attention. Currently, TikTok collects less data than other US-based apps, but that&#8217;s not to say they&#8217;re not collecting any data. TikTok has been under scrutiny from federal regulators for collecting data on children. The Federal Trade Commission fined the company $5.7 million for illegally collecting information from children.<\/p>\n<p>This is all the more concerning since TikTok has already come under fire for its data sharing practices. Not only is TikTok being scrutinized by the FCC for sharing user data, but it&#8217;s also coming under scrutiny from legislators. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew recently rebuffed claims that TikTok employees in China had access to sensitive U.S. user data. Moreover, the company&#8217;s parent company, ByteDance, has been sued by multiple U.S. senators, which have raised concerns about TikTok&#8217;s data practices in the US.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_obfuscation_of_source_code\"><\/span>Its obfuscation of source code<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In this article, I&#8217;m going to outline the most important aspects of Tiktok&#8217;s obtention of source code. First of all, the code is highly obfuscated. It&#8217;s a bad idea to deobfuscate your source code because that would make it nearly impossible to understand. Obfuscation is the process of making code look unreadable to humans. This technique is also known as code folding.<\/p>\n<p>Code obfuscation is a method of modifying the code. The results of this process can be difficult to decipher, even by people who are trained in such languages. It is widely used in computer viruses to disguise their actions. It is also useful for security reasons. Because of its obfuscation, computer viruses are hard to detect, which means that their code is more difficult for others to reverse-engineer.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_violation_of_COPPA\"><\/span>Its violation of COPPA<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A complaint filed by advocacy groups against TikTok alleges the company failed to delete the personal information of children under 13. While TikTok has responded to the complaint, it did not address the specific COPPA violations. In addition, the company failed to notify parents of the privacy notice, and does not provide a mechanism for opting out of the collection of personal information about their children. COPPA is a federal law that governs the online activities of children under the age of 13.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint was filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and signed by the Badass Teachers Association, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, and Public Citizen. The FTC has indicated that it may launch an investigation to determine whether TikTok is complying with the consent decree. Violations of the law can result in stiff penalties for the companies. Facebook was fined $5 billion for a COPPA violation, and Google had to pay $170 million to settle lawsuits involving COPPA violations.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_payment_of_92_million_to_settle_lawsuits\"><\/span>Its payment of $92 million to settle lawsuits<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, has agreed to pay nearly $92 million in a settlement of 21 class action lawsuits related to the privacy violations it is accused of committing. While the company denies the allegations, the payment represents a victory for its users, as the company will now be required to disclose the privacy practices it has employed.<\/p>\n<p>The TikTok payment to settle lawsuits comes after a class action lawsuit was filed, alleging that the company had wrongfully collected biometric information from users and shared it with third parties. The settlement amounts to $92 million, which applies to 89 million users in the United States. 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