TikTok Agrees to $400M US Children's Privacy Settlement

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TikTok Agrees to $400M US Children's Privacy Settlement

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed to a $400-million settlement to resolve the US Justice Department's allegations that the short-video platform failed to protect children's privacy and illegally collected their information. The Department of Justice sued TikTok and ByteDance in 2024 for allegedly failing to protect children's privacy and illegally collecting their information.

Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said the DOJ's priority "is ensuring that children are protected online and that companies entrusted with their personal information meet their legal obligations". TikTok did not immediately comment on the development.

Under the settlement, TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and an additional $100 million upon entry of an order vacating a prior consent decree entered with the Federal Trade Commission in 2019 against TikTok's predecessor, Musical.ly. The company previously paid a fine of $5.7 million in connection with related oversight.

In January, ByteDance agreed to establish a majority American-owned joint venture to secure US data and avoid a US ban on the platform. The government noted that since the complaint was filed, TikTok has undergone significant changes to its ownership, management, compliance functions, and privacy practices.