Anabelle Colaco
22 Aug 2026, 23:31 GMT+10
WASHINGTON D.C.: TikTok and the U.S. Department of Justice have agreed to a $400 million settlement resolving allegations that the short-video platform violated children's online privacy.
The Justice Department sued TikTok and its parent company ByteDance in 2024, accusing them of failing to protect children's privacy and illegally collecting their personal information.
The defendants were accused of violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires services aimed at children to obtain parental consent before collecting personal information from users under the age of 13.
The Justice Department announced the $400 million settlement. A court filing shows that its lawsuit against TikTok and ByteDance is being dismissed with prejudice.
The settlement comes after ByteDance agreed in January to establish a majority American-owned joint venture to secure U.S. data and avoid a U.S. ban on TikTok.
The short-video app is used by more than 200 million Americans.
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