Video app: $400 million payment - US justice stops TikTok investigations
US authorities no longer want to investigate TikTok for collecting data from children. However, the payment is not an admission of guilt.
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 had sued TikTok in 2024, alleging that the platform allowed children under 13 to create accounts without parental consent, violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
The settlement, which does not include an admission of guilt, comes with changes to TikTok's US operations, including a change of ownership and an overhaul of its data protection practices. The company's US business was majority-owned by new American investors in early 2026, following a US law requiring TikTok's Chinese owner Bytedance to divest its US operations.
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