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

Published by BBC News 22 August 2026 at 00:40
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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements - BBC
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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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