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  "id": 9915237,
  "title": "TikTok agrees to teen limits in US settlement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/tiktok-agrees-to-teen-limits-in-us-settlement",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T05:34:48.000Z",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/tiktok-agrees-to-teen-limits-in-us-settlement/"
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  "summary": "TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and implement new safety measures for teen users in a settlement over child safety on the platform. The agreement, reached days before a scheduled trial, requires TikTok to impose a two-hour daily time limit, pauses after 15 minutes of use, and stricter age checks for users in Alabama.\n\nThe payout could grow to $300 million if 40 other attorneys general sign on to similar agreements with the company within a specified timeframe, according to the settlement, as reported by The Jakarta Post and DW News. A spokesperson for TikTok's US operations stated that the agreement \"builds on our commitment and core objective to continually enhance our robust safety tools to protect teens.\"\n\nAlabama Attorney General Steve Marshall had sued TikTok last year, and at least 27 other states and Washington DC have brought similar lawsuits. TikTok also faces thousands of lawsuits by individuals, school districts, and municipalities over its impact on teen mental health, with Meta Platforms, Snap Inc, and Alphabet's YouTube also defendants in many of these cases, according to DW News and DW English.",
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        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "TikTok settles with Alabama ahead of trial over teen mental health harms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/tiktok-settles-with-alabama-ahead-of-trial-over-teen-mental-health",
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        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "TikTok settles for over $100 million in mental health lawsuit, Alabama AG says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/tiktok-settles-for-over-100-million-in-mental-health-lawsuit-alabama",
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "TikTok to pay $100 million to Alabama in teen addiction settlement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/tiktok-to-pay-100-million-to-alabama-in-teen-addiction-settlement",
        "published": "2026-09-26T02:09:10.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Jakarta Post",
        "title": "TikTok reaches first state settlement over teen safety claims, agrees to user li...",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/tiktok-reaches-first-state-settlement-over-teen-safety-claims-agrees",
        "published": "2026-09-26T03:10:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "TikTok agrees to teen limits in US settlement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/tiktok-agrees-to-teen-limits-in-us-settlement-9919315",
        "published": "2026-09-26T06:01:23.000Z"
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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."
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