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“Now, most U.S. users who used the app prior to Sept. 30 of this year will be eligible to claim a share of the $92 million payout”

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• “While we disagree with the assertions, rather than go through lengthy litigation, we’d like to focus our efforts on building a safe and joyful experience for the TikTok community,” the company said in a statement, according to Reuters .

• On Monday, the company sent a notification to users who might qualify for compensation, instructing them to send claims to TikTokDataPrivacySettlement.com .

• The plaintiffs alleged TikTok created an artificial intelligence system that analyzes users’ facial features to recommend content based on their race, gender, or other characteristics.

• The company’s lawyers admitted the app uses artificial intelligence to get “demographic classification” but denied it violated user privacy.

• “Although TikTok has admitted that the App uses technology for ‘demographic classification,’ which includes recognizing visual patterns that indicate age, gender or other characteristics, TikTok has contended that this is fundamentally different than facial recognition because it does not create facial templates and is not capable of identifying a user,” read court documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.

• The company argued that unlike other social media companies, such as Facebook, it did not have a real-name requirement for its users, so it could not associate a face with someone’s identity.

SOURCE: WASHINGTONEXAMINER