Datenschutz bei Kindern: 400-Millionen-Zahlung: US-Justiz stoppt TikTok-Ermittlungen
Die US-Regierung warf TikTok vor, illegal Daten von Kindern gesammelt zu haben. Nach dem Besitzerwechsel im US-Geschäft und einer Zahlung von mehreren hundert Millionen Dollar enden die Ermittlungen.
US authorities have halted their investigation into TikTok over the collection of children's data in a $400 million settlement. The agreement does not involve an admission of wrongdoing, according to the US Justice Department. The department cited the change of ownership in TikTok's US business as well as an overhaul of its data privacy practices.
The Justice Department had sued TikTok in late 2024 during the presidency of Joe Biden's predecessor Donald Trump. The charge was that the platform had allowed children under the age of 13 to create accounts without parental consent, thereby violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The agency argued that the service had breached the law.
Trump saved TikTok in the United States by imposing a minimum age of 13 years. At the same time, it is repeatedly observed that children set up profiles using a false date of birth. Critics accuse companies of not taking decisive action against it. Trump had ensured that the US business of TikTok was majority-owned by a new company with American investors at the beginning of 2026.
This secured the future of the service in the United States after a nearly year-long stalemate. Following a US law, the Chinese owner Bytedance of TikTok had to at least separate from the business in the US in order for the app to continue operating in the country. Elsewhere in the world, Bytedance remains in control.
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