TikTok to pay $400 million over child privacy lawsuit

The world's fastest growing social media platform just cleared its last major legal hurdle for nearly half-a-billion dollars.

“This settlement is a major victory for American children and parents,” associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward Jr. said.

The Justice Department resolved a lawsuit that accused the social media company of illegally gathering children’s information.

TikTok Settles Child Privacy Lawsuit For $400 Million  Forbes

The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleged that TikTok collected data from children without notifying parents or obtaining consent and

The Department of Justice on Friday announced it had reached a $400 million settlement with social media platform TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance over concerns about children’s safety on the platform. The litigation relates to a complaint filed by the DOJ in 2024 that accused TikTok and its affiliated e

The DoJ said the app has made significant strides in privacy protections since the 2024 suit.

The Justice Department sued TikTok in 2024, alleging that it violated a U.S. law prohibiting the collection of kids' data.

TikTok, the company behind the popular short-form video app, has agreed to pay $400 million to settle a U.S. government lawsuit alleging that a predecessor app violated the country’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The Justice Department announced the settlement with TikTok and China-based ByteDance o