TikTok Reaches $400 Million Settlement with DOJ Over Children’s Privacy Concerns
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TikTok reaches $400M settlement with DOJ over alleged children’s privacy law violations TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to settle with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over allegations the platform violated a children’s online privacy law, the agency said Friday. The company will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after a court dismisses an earlier consent decree entered against…
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Washington ExaminerUnder the settlement, TikTok will immediately pay $300 million to the federal government to resolve the dispute over its compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which places restrictions on online services collecting personal information from children under 13. Another $100 million will be paid after a federal court vacates a previous decree involving Musical.ly, TikTok’s predecessor.
New York TimesTikTok Settles With U.S. Over Child Privacy Concerns for $400 Million The Justice Department resolved a lawsuit that accused the social media company of illegally gathering children’s information.
BBC NewsPublished TikTok has agreed to pay $400m (£293m) to the US to end a lawsuit alleging its platform violated children‘s privacy, marking one of the largest ever settlements over the issue.
USA TodayWashington - TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed to a $400-million settlement to resolve the U.S. Justice Department's allegations the short-video app violated children's online privacy.
ReutersTikTok agrees to $400 million US children's privacy settlement - Reuters TikTok agrees to $400 million US children's privacy settlement Reuters
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Teen drops high-profile social media addiction lawsuit A teenager has dropped her lawsuit against Meta, YouTube and Snapchat, which was set to go to trial later this year as part of a broader series of cases accusing social media giants of designing addictive platforms. The teen, referred to as P.M.Y., previously settled with TikTok and “chose to dismiss the remainder so she…
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Washington TimesA New Jersey teen has dropped her lawsuit against the owners of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube that alleged the social media platforms try to get users addicted and caused her a mental health crisis.
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Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said the Justice Department's priority "is ensuring that children are protected online and that companies entrusted with their personal information meet their legal obligations."
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Washington Examiner“The Department’s priority is ensuring that children are protected online and that companies entrusted with their personal information meet their legal obligations,” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said. “This resolution secures a substantial recovery while reinforcing the protections that families expect and deserve.”
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The TikTok U.S. joint venture said in a court filing it requires all users to enter their date of birth to use the site. TikTok said it has developed sophisticated age-moderation systems that identify children under 13 who misrepresented their age.
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BBC NewsWhen the lawsuit was filed, attorneys for the US said there were more than 170 million teenagers using TikTok and that the app was "directed to children." Yet, it did not effectively gauge the age of users or get parental consent for use from those underage.
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01 New York Post One of the suspects’ fathers first reached out to the victim, Greg Medina, on Facebook and told him his son was involved in the Aug. 14 attack in San Bernardino.
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02 USA Today The defendants were accused of violating a law requiringonline services aimed at children to obtain parental consent to collect personal information from users under age 13.
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03 Washington Examiner But federal officials alleged those problems continued after Musical.ly became TikTok.
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04 Washington Times Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said in a statement that P.M.Y. “had a significant mental health condition that pre-dated her use of social media, and it’s clear that many of these cases fit the same pattern,” according to Reuters.
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05 BBC News Doing so was against the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), a federal law enacted in 2000. It is the same law that dozens of US states are now suing Meta over.
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