Massive TikTok 400 Million Settlement With DOJ Over COPPA

The massive TikTok 400 million settlement with the DOJ resolves major COPPA child privacy violations. See the full legal breakdown.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has delivered one of the largest financial penalties ever recorded under federal child privacy laws. The recent TikTok 400 million settlement officially resolves a massive 2024 lawsuit accusing the ByteDance-owned platform of unlawfully collecting data from children under the age of 13.

This settlement represents a watershed moment for corporate data compliance. The DOJ, acting alongside the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), successfully argued that TikTok knowingly bypassed parental consent mechanisms within its "Kids Mode."

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