TikTok agrees to $400m settlement to resolve US children’s privacy litigation
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TikTok and its Chinese former parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed to a $400m settlement to resolve the US Department of Justice’s allegations that the short-form video app violated children’s online privacy.
The justice department sued TikTok and ByteDance in 2024 for allegedly failing to protect children’s privacy and illegally collecting their information.
The defendants were accused of violating a law requiring online services aimed at children to obtain parental consent to collect personal information from users under age 13.
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TikTok and its Chinese former parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed to a $400m settlement to resolve the US Department of Justice’s allegations that the short-form video app violated children’s online privacy.
The justice department sued TikTok and ByteDance in 2024 for allegedly failing to protect children’s privacy and illegally collecting their information.
The defendants were accused of violating a law requiring online services aimed at children to obtain parental consent to collect personal information from users under age 13.