TikTok Reaches $400 Million Settlement With DOJ Over Child Privacy Concerns

Nearly two years after TikTok faced a lawsuit under the Biden administration over child privacy concerns, the social media company has reached a $400 million settlement in the U.S. TikTok and its parent company ByteDance were first hit with the lawsuit in August 2024 by the Justice Department. The social media company was accused of illegally collecting children's data by both knowingly allowing children to create accounts on the platform and failing to delete said accounts at parents' request. According to the New York Times, TikTok faces a $300 million settlement over the case, with an . . .