Data protection for children: 400 million dollar payment: US justice stops TikTok investigations
The US government accused TikTok of illegally collecting data from children. After the change of ownership in the US business and a payment of several hundred million dollars, the investigations end.
TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to settle an investigation by US authorities into the collection of children's data. The US Department of Justice said the settlement, which does not involve an admission of guilt, was part of a broader overhaul of TikTok's data protection practices and followed a change in ownership of the company's US business.
The Department had sued TikTok in 2024 under President Joe Biden, alleging that the platform allowed children under 13 to create accounts without parental consent, violating children's data protection laws. The case was brought after former President Donald Trump had taken steps to force TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to divest its US business.
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