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  "id": 2426909,
  "title": "The US DOJ and TikTok reach a $400M settlement to resolve allegations TikTok violated COPPA; the DOJ filed the lawsuit in 2024 (Ashley Gold/Axios)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/the-us-doj-and-tiktok-reach-a-400m-settlement-to-resolve-allegations",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-21T19:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/08/21/doj-tiktok-biden-lawsuit-settlement"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Justice Department and TikTok, along with parent company ByteDance, have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating children's online privacy laws …",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "US Justice Department and TikTok reach $400 million children's privacy settlement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/us-justice-department-and-tiktok-reach-400-million-childrens-privacy",
        "published": "2026-08-21T19:43:21.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}