Bethenny Frankel a Former Real Housewife Star Sues TikTok
Bethenny Frankel a former Real Housewife star has decided to sue TikTok for allegedly letting scammers on the platform use her “image and likeness” to promote counterfeit products. Bethenny Frankel is a prominent influencer who claimed that some of her followers in September brought to her notice that they saw the influencer in ads that appeared to be Frankel promoting a counterfeit designer cardigan. Upon being notified, Frankel posted a video on TikTok warning her followers of the “unauthorized and illegal use of her persona to sell counterfeit goods,” but she later claimed that TikTok deleted the video. Also, read Tara Lynn Criticized on TikTok For Saying ‘Nobody Wants to Work These Days’
What Bethenny Frankel Demands From TikTok?
Frankel claimed that she has suffered significant injury and irreparable harm from the ads on the platform. Apart from seeking compensation for damages done to her reputation, Frankel is also asking to change TikTok’s advertising policy which she claims doesn’t “police” these kinds of ads. The lawsuit filed by Frankel said, Influencers like Frankel have to “constantly monitor for and police any unauthorized use of their name, portrait, picture, and voice to ensure that counterfeiters and other unauthorized parties do not peddle counterfeited and other unauthorized products using their personas, voices, content, or likenesses.” Frankel in a video also encouraged fellow influencers to speak up if they find themselves also being “violated without protection” in the “reckless marketplace.” Also, read Apple VP Tony Blevins Leaves Company After a Vulgar Comment Goes Viral on TikTok
Wrapping Up
TikTok somehow finds a way to be back in news for the wrong reasons. Recently, Bethenny Frankel, the former “Real Housewives of New York” star, has decided to sue TikTok for allegedly using her image in ads all over the platform. To know about the whole matter, read the entire article and share it with your friends!
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