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  "id": 2445823,
  "title": "TikTok will pay $400 million to settle DOJ child privacy lawsuit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/tiktok-will-pay-400-million-to-settle-doj-child-privacy-lawsuit",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-21T22:13:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/983531/tiktok-settle-doj-lawsuit-coppa"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleged that TikTok collected data from children without notifying parents or obtaining consent and did not delete the accounts […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "TikTok settles with US Justice Department for $400m over child privacy laws",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/tiktok-settles-with-us-justice-department-for-400m-over-child-privacy",
        "published": "2026-08-21T21:59:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "World : TikTok To Pay US$400 Million To Settle US Children’s Privacy Lawsuit: US Justice Department",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/world-tiktok-to-pay-us-400-million-to-settle-us-childrena-s-privacy",
        "published": "2026-08-21T23:09:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "TikTok will pay $400 million over violation of children's privacy laws in the US",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/tiktok-will-pay-400-million-over-violation-of-childrens-privacy-laws",
        "published": "2026-08-22T00:48:26.000Z"
      }
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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."
}