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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements
TikTok agreed to pay $400 million to the United States to resolve a Department of Justice lawsuit accusing the platform and its parent co…
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TikTok agreed to pay $400 million to the United States to resolve a Department of Justice lawsuit accusing the platform and its parent company ByteDance of collecting extensive data on millions of users under 13. The settlement, announced in August 2026, is described as one of the largest child‑privacy settlements. The case originated from a 2024 DOJ suit under the Biden administration alleging violations of children’s privacy laws.
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