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Temu

2025-08-15T04:38:22Z

Sisyphos: Started on a Temu page. Not much done- still very underdeveloped

{{CompanyCargo
|Industry=Textiles
|ParentCompany=PDD Holdings
|Type=Private
|Website=https://www.temu.com/
|Description=Temu is a fast fashion company which is known for offering low-priced goods shipped directly from China.
|Founded=2022|Logo=Temu app logo.png}}

Temu is a Chinese-based online marketplace known for heavily discounted prices on consumer goods<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chow |first=Andrew |date=2022-12-29 |title=The Truth About Temu, the Most Downloaded New App in America |url=https://time.com/6243738/temu-app-complaints/}}</ref>.

==Consumer-impact summary==
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==Incidents==
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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
===Temu lawsuit over privacy concerns===
{{Main|link to the main article}}
A 2024 lawsuit filed against Temu alleges that it violates consumer's rights by collecting personal data without the consent of it's users<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-12 |title=Popular online retailer Temu facing a class-action lawsuit in Illinois over data privacy concerns |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/temu-class-action-lawsuit-illinois-data-privacy-concerns/ |website=CBS News}}</ref>.
===Example incident two (''date'')===
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==Products==
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==See also==
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==References==
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

File:Temu app logo.png

2025-08-15T04:28:35Z

Sisyphos: Temu logo

== Summary ==
Temu logo

Temu

2025-08-15T04:27:02Z

Sisyphos: Added a Temu page

{{CompanyCargo
|Industry=Textiles
|ParentCompany=PDD Holdings
|Type=Private
|Website=https://www.temu.com/
|Description=Temu is a fast fashion company which is known for offering low-priced goods shipped directly from China.
}}
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==Consumer-impact summary==
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==Incidents==
{{Ph-C-Inc}}

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
===Example incident one (''date'')===
{{Main|link to the main article}}
Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
===Example incident two (''date'')===
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==Products==
{{Ph-C-P}}

==See also==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

TikTok

2025-08-15T03:59:31Z

Sisyphos: Added incident of published reports about tiktok suppressing videos of ugly or poor people

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{{ProductCargo
|Company=[[ByteDance]]
|ReleaseYear=2016
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Service
|Category=Social media
|Logo=Tiktok PNG1-1180843710.png
|Website=https://tiktok.com
|Description=Social media platform famous for popularizing short-form content.
}}

[[wikipedia:TikTok|TikTok]] is a social media platform developed by the Chinese internet technology company [[ByteDance|ByteDance Ltd]]. The app has been cited with numerous privacy concerns that eventually led to a US state ban in May 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archie |first=Ayana |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Montana becomes the first state to ban TikTok |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/05/18/1176805559/montana-tiktok-ban |access-date=Aug 13, 2025 |website=NPR}}</ref>

==Consumer impact summary==
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===User freedom===
*The app version requires an account to use the service.
===User privacy===
As per Privacy Policy:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Privacy Policy |url=https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/row/privacy-policy/en |access-date=Aug 14, 2025 |website=TikTok}}</ref>
*Automatically collects unreasonable heaps of information to fingerprint the user:
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:'''Technical Information we collect about you.''' We collect certain information about the device you use to access the Platform, such as your IP address, user agent, mobile carrier, time zone settings, identifiers for advertising purposes, model of your device, the device system, network type, your screen resolution and operating system, app and file names and types, keystroke patterns or rhythms, battery state, audio settings and connected audio devices. [...]
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:*"Keystroke patterns or rhythms" is particularly notable as the in-app browser has been demonstrated to listen to inputs from keyboard and screen, as well as injecting JS code.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krause |first=Felix |date=Aug 18, 2022 |title=iOS Privacy: Announcing InAppBrowser.com - see what JavaScript commands get injected through an in-app browser |url=https://krausefx.com/blog/announcing-inappbrowsercom-see-what-javascript-commands-get-executed-in-an-in-app-browser#tiktok |access-date=Aug 14, 2025 |quote=While you are interacting with the website, TikTok subscribes to all keyboard inputs (including passwords, credit card information, etc.) and every tap on the screen, like which buttons and links you click.}}</ref>
*Also collects approximate location based on "SIM card and/or IP address" and precise location such as GPS.
*Serves personalized advertisements and runs its own AI-powered analytics tool for advertisers called "Insight Spotlight".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sato |first=Mia |date=Jun 3, 2025 |title=TikTok will give advertisers even more data on trends and users |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/678255/tiktok-advertiser-summit-ai-targeting-data-seo |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=The Verge}}</ref>

==Incidents==
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!Incident
!Year
!Background Info
!Aftermath
!Related Article
!Related Video
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|Violations of Children's Privacy Laws
|2019-current
|In 2019, the US Department of Justice sued TikTok and parent company [[ByteDance]] as well as it's associated companies for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act ([https://www.coppa.org/coppa/ COPPA]). The companies knowingly allowed children under 13 to make accounts and unlawfully collected data and personal information of said children without parental consent.<ref name="DOJ-COPPA">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-02 |title=Justice Department Sues TikTok and Parent Company ByteDance for Widespread Violations of Children’s Privacy Laws |url=https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-tiktok-and-parent-company-bytedance-widespread-violations-childrens |url-status=dead |website=Justice.gov}}</ref>
|TikTok, as of 2020, still has complains about allegedly still collecting and using personal data of children under 13.
|https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/ftc-investigation-leads-lawsuit-against-tiktok-bytedance-flagrantly-violating-childrens-privacy-law
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|Suppressing "ugly", poor, or disabled creators
|2020-present
|[https://theintercept.com/ The Intercept] published a report in 2020 stating that obtained internal documents from TikTok instructed moderators to limit the amount of videos with people who have "ugly facial looks". "abnormal body shape", or are in poor or dirty environments. The documents claim that these types of videos are "not the ideal video form of our platform"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biddle1 Ribero2 Dias3 |first=Sam1 Paulo Victor2 Tatiana3 |date=2020-03-16 |title=Invisible Censorship |url=https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-users-discrimination/ |website=The Intercept}}</ref>
|A TikTok spokesperson stated that the guidelines were “an early blunt attempt at preventing bullying but are no longer in place"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Itimu |first=Kiruti |date=2020-03-17 |title=TikTok Apparently Suppressed Content From Ugly or Poor People |url=https://techweez.com/2020/03/17/tiktok-apparently-suppresses-content-from-ugly-and-poor-people/ |website=Techweez}}</ref>
|[https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6810010/pages/Ugly-Content-Policy-p1-large.gif The documents themselves]
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==See also==
*[[ByteDance]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:TikTok| ]]

TikTok

2025-08-14T03:58:00Z

Sisyphos: Finally got the logo there :)

File:Tiktok logo.png

2025-08-14T03:57:20Z

Sisyphos: Logo of the social media platform TikTok

== Summary ==
Logo of the social media platform TikTok

TikTok

2025-08-14T03:19:44Z

Sisyphos: I don't know how to put pictures in the file slot Im sorry

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{{ProductCargo
|Company=[[ByteDance]]
|ReleaseYear=2016
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Service
|Category=Social media
|Logo=
|Website=https://tiktok.com
|Description=Social media platform famous for popularizing short-form content.
}}

[[wikipedia:TikTok|TikTok]] is a social media platform developed by the Chinese internet technology company [[ByteDance|ByteDance Ltd]]. The app has been cited with numerous privacy concerns collecting user data, that eventually received a US state ban in May 2023 over Chinese government concerns.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archie |first=Ayana |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Montana becomds the first state to ban TikTok |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/05/18/1176805559/montana-tiktok-ban |access-date=Aug 13, 2025 |website=NPR}}</ref>

TikTok serves personalized advertisements and runs its own AI-powered analytics tool for advertisers called "Insight Spotlight".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sato |first=Mia |date=Jun 3, 2025 |title=TikTok will give advertisers even more data on trends and users |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/678255/tiktok-advertiser-summit-ai-targeting-data-seo |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=The Verge}}</ref>

==Consumer impact summary==
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==Incidents==
{{Ph-C-Inc}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Incident
!Year
!Background Info
!Aftermath
!Related Article
!Related Video
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|Violations of Children's Privacy Laws
|2019-current
|In 2019, the US Department of Justice sued TikTok and parent company [[ByteDance]] as well as it's associated companies for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act ([https://www.coppa.org/coppa/ COPPA]). The companies knowingly allowed children under 13 to make accounts and unlawfully collected data and personal information of said children without parental consent<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-02 |title=Justice Department Sues TikTok and Parent Company ByteDance for Widespread Violations of Children’s Privacy Laws |url=https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-tiktok-and-parent-company-bytedance-widespread-violations-childrens |url-status=dead |website=Justice.gov}}</ref>.
|TikTok, as of 2020, still has complains about allegedly still collecting and using personal data of children under 13.
|https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/ftc-investigation-leads-lawsuit-against-tiktok-bytedance-flagrantly-violating-childrens-privacy-law
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==See also==
*[[ByteDance]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:TikTok| ]]

TikTok

2025-08-14T03:18:57Z

Sisyphos: /* Incidents */ Violation of Children's Privacy laws and the 2019 lawsuit

{{Stub}}
{{ProductCargo
|Company=[[ByteDance]]
|ReleaseYear=2016
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Service
|Category=Social media
|Logo=https://static.vecteezy.com/system/resources/previews/018/910/704/original/tiktok-logo-tiktok-symbol-tiktok-icon-free-free-vector.jpg
|Website=https://tiktok.com
|Description=Social media platform famous for popularizing short-form content.
}}

[[wikipedia:TikTok|TikTok]] is a social media platform developed by the Chinese internet technology company [[ByteDance|ByteDance Ltd]]. The app has been cited with numerous privacy concerns collecting user data, that eventually received a US state ban in May 2023 over Chinese government concerns.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archie |first=Ayana |date=May 18, 2023 |title=Montana becomds the first state to ban TikTok |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/05/18/1176805559/montana-tiktok-ban |access-date=Aug 13, 2025 |website=NPR}}</ref>

TikTok serves personalized advertisements and runs its own AI-powered analytics tool for advertisers called "Insight Spotlight".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sato |first=Mia |date=Jun 3, 2025 |title=TikTok will give advertisers even more data on trends and users |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/678255/tiktok-advertiser-summit-ai-targeting-data-seo |access-date=Jun 25, 2025 |work=The Verge}}</ref>

==Consumer impact summary==
{{Ph-C-CIS}}

==Incidents==
{{Ph-C-Inc}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Incident
!Year
!Background Info
!Aftermath
!Related Article
!Related Video
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|Violations of Children's Privacy Laws
|2019-current
|In 2019, the US Department of Justice sued TikTok and parent company [[ByteDance]] as well as it's associated companies for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act ([https://www.coppa.org/coppa/ COPPA]). The companies knowingly allowed children under 13 to make accounts and unlawfully collected data and personal information of said children without parental consent<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-02 |title=Justice Department Sues TikTok and Parent Company ByteDance for Widespread Violations of Children’s Privacy Laws |url=https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-tiktok-and-parent-company-bytedance-widespread-violations-childrens |url-status=dead |website=Justice.gov}}</ref>.
|TikTok, as of 2020, still has complains about allegedly still collecting and using personal data of children under 13.
|https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/ftc-investigation-leads-lawsuit-against-tiktok-bytedance-flagrantly-violating-childrens-privacy-law
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==See also==
*[[ByteDance]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:TikTok| ]]