TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit

TikTok and ByteDance will pay $400 million to the U.S. Department of Justice to settle COPPA violations. The settlement mandates stricter age verification, increased parental oversight, and new safeguards for users under 13. It follows a 2019 Musical.ly settlement and comes amid scrutiny of TikTok’s algorithmic changes affecting 10% of U.S. users.