The U.S. Department of Justice and TikTok have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations the short-video app violated kids’s on-line privateness.
The Justice Department sued TikTok and ByteDance in 2024 for allegedly failing to defend kids’s privateness, and illegally gathering their data.
The US Justice Department and TikTok have agreed on a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations that the social media app violated kids’s on-line privateness. AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato
The DOJ initially sued the platform alongside with ByteDance in 2024 for allegedly failing to defend kids’s privateness on-line while also illegally gathering knowledge. REUTERS
The defendants were accused of violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires companies aimed at kids to receive parental consent to acquire private data from customers under age 13.
The settlement was announced by the Justice Department.
A courtroom submitting exhibits that its lawsuit against TikTok and TikTok mum or dad ByteDance is being dismissed with prejudice.
In January, ByteDance agreed to set up a majority American-owned three way partnership to safe U.S. knowledge and keep away from a U.S. ban on the app used by more than 200 million Americans.