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TikTok damages suit allowed to continue, giving glimmer of hope for UK data mass claims

By Sam Clark ( March 8, 2022, 13:15 GMT | Insight) -- A claim against TikTok on behalf of millions of children has been allowed to continue after a London court ruling that the claimants may have a chance of success at trial. High Court Judge Matthew Nicklin said today that Anne Longfield, the former UK children’s commissioner, who brought the case on behalf of the class of child users of TikTok, could serve the claim on the company's foreign entities.A lawsuit against TikTok on behalf of millions of children has been allowed to continue, despite the judge earlier questioning whether the case was sufficiently different from a similar case dismissed by the UK Supreme Court last year. ...

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