Victorian couple sue TikTok for blocking account after allegedly competing in live battles against banned users

Pair allege platform breached failed to provide them with procedural fairness, claiming firm has permanently removed' their livelihood

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A Victorian couple is suing TikTok after their account was banned from the social media platform, allegedly for competing in TikTok live battles against banned users.

Selim Ozgan and his wife, Inci Guven, have sued TikTok and its Singaporean subsidiary in the federal court of Australia, alleging the ByteDance-owned company had unfair contract terms under Australian Consumer Law.