Editing Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (section)

==International scope==
The FTC has asserted that COPPA applies to any online service that is directed to U.S. users or knowingly collects information from children in the U.S., regardless of its country of origin. Referring to their official website, the following embodies such views:

The FTC's Office of International Affairs directs the agency's international activities for competition and consumer protection, which include:

* strengthening relationships with foreign competition and consumer protection agencies
* developing formal and informal arrangements and agreements with competition and consumer protection agencies around the world
* engaging in cooperative dialogues and submitting reports at international forums for competition and consumer protection
* helping agencies around the world develop and enhance their own competition and consumer protection programs
* sharing information with foreign law enforcement authorities through the U.S. Safe Web Act
* maintaining a robust International Fellows Program<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-01 |title=International |url=http://www.ftc.gov/policy/international |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=Federal Trade Commission |language=en}}</ref>

However, the FTC rarely performs enforcement actions against foreign companies, and faces a number of practical challenges in doing so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insideprivacy.com/childrens-privacy/ftc-warns-foreign-mobile-app-developer-to-comply-with-coppa/|title=FTC Warns Foreign Mobile-App Developer To Comply With COPPA|date=2015-01-09|last1=Tonsager|first1=Lindsay|website=Inside Privacy|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref> The general assumption is that, despite the interconnected world of internet services, jurisdiction only applies to domestic operation. Nevertheless, it has successfully enforced COPPA against at least one foreign company with a significant US userbase, securing a $5.7 million settlement against the Chinese company [[ByteDance]] over their [[TikTok]] app.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2019/02/largest-ftc-coppa-settlement-requires-musically-change-its|title=Largest FTC COPPA settlement requires Musical.ly to change its tune|publisher=Federal Trade Commission|date=February 27, 2019|access-date=September 1, 2021}}</ref>