TikTok to pay $400M settlement in US children’s privacy case

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TikTok will clear the allegations it violated the Children's Online Privacy Act by paying a total of $400 million, without undergoing further litigation or admitting wrongdoing.

TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance have agreed to pay US$400 million to settle a US Justice Department lawsuit accusing the video-sharing app of violating children’s online privacy laws, resolving a major federal case as the platform’s American operations remain under intense political scrutiny.

Doing so was against the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), a federal law enacted in 2000.