The U.S. Justice Department, on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has filed a lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the social media giant of repeatedly violating the privacy of children under 13. The complaint alleges that TikTok knowingly collected personal data from young users without parental consent and failed to comply with a 2019 court order to protect children’s privacy. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles federal court Friday, claims TikTok allowed children to create accounts without parental knowledge, collected extensive data from them, and ignored parents’ requests to delete …