US claims TikTok collected user views on issues like abortion, gun control

FILE - A man opens social media app TikTok on his cellphone, July 21, 2020. FILE - A TikTok sign is displayed in Culver City, Calif., March 11, 2024.

In a fresh broadside against one of the world's most popular technology companies, the Justice Department late Friday accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion.