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Damn it: TikTok to pay $400m to the US in one of the largest child privacy settlements

Published: August 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM · BBC News

TikTok and its parent ByteDance will pay $400 million to the U.S. government to settle a 2024 lawsuit. The suit alleged the companies collected vast amounts of data on millions of users under 13. The settlement is described as one of the largest in child privacy cases.

Source: BBC News