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TikTok agrees to $400M child privacy settlement
TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have agreed to pay $400 million to settle a U.S. lawsuit concerning violations of children's privacy laws. The settlement includes an immediate payout of $300 million, with an additional $100 million due once a previous settlement related to the "Musical.ly" app—acquired by ByteDance before it was merged into TikTok—is revoked. This settlement is among the largest amounts ever collected in cases involving online children's data protection. U.S. law prohibits collecting personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. The lawsuit arose from allegations that TikTok allowed children to use the platform and collected their data without informing parents or obtaining their permission, especially through accounts created for children under 13, where email addresses and other data were gathered. The case dates back to 2019, when the United States sued Musical.ly before ByteDance merged it with TikTok, making data protection obligations part of the current platform responsibilities. TikTok has not issued an immediate comment on the settlement, which comes as part of ongoing U.S. efforts to tighten regulations on protecting children's data on social media platforms.
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