TikTok agrees to $400m settlement to resolve US children's privacy litigation

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TikTok and its former parent company ByteDance agreed to a $400 million settlement to resolve US Department of Justice allegations that the short-form video app violated children's online privacy by failing to protect children's privacy and illegally collecting their information. The DoJ sued TikTok and ByteDance in August 2024, accusing them of violating a law requiring online services aimed at children to obtain parental consent to collect personal information from users under age 13.