TikTok to pay $400 million to settle lawsuit over violating children's privacy in US

TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have agreed to pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the platform of violating U.S. children's online privacy laws, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday.

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expansion.com ·2026-08-22

TikTok to pay $400 million to settle lawsuit over violating children's privacy in US

TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the platform of violating US online child privacy laws. The lawsuit, filed by the US Department of Justice in 2024, alleged that TikTok collected and stored data from young users without parental consent, violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

The settlement, one of the largest COPPA-related recoveries, requires TikTok to pay $300 million immediately. The case was sparked by a Federal Trade Commission investigation that found TikTok allowed children to create accounts and interact with adults on the platform since 2019.

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