TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

ByAdu-Gyasi Dennis

Aug 21, 2026

The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected “vast amounts of data” on millions of users under the age of 13.

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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

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