Summary:
- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has accused the Sendit app of violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information from children without parental consent.
- The Sendit app is a social media platform that allows users to send anonymous messages to each other. The FTC claims that the app was aware that many of its users were children under the age of 13, but failed to obtain parental consent before collecting their personal information.
- The FTC is seeking a court order to stop the app's alleged illegal practices and to impose civil penalties on the company for its violations of COPPA.