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TikTok Settles U.S. Child Privacy Case for $400 Million
TikTok will pay $400 million to settle U.S. DOJ/FTC claims that it violated COPPA by collecting data from children under 13.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a $400 million settlement with TikTok and ByteDance resolving a 2024 lawsuit over violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and $100 million upon entry of an order vacating a prior consent decree against its predecessor Musical.ly; it is one of the largest recoveries ever obtained in a COPPA case. The DOJ and FTC, filing in California, alleged TikTok knowingly allowed children under 13 to create accounts and illegally collected data via Kids Mode. TikTok was previously fined €345 million by Ireland's Data Protection Commission in 2023 for GDPR breaches involving children's data.
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TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in U.S. Child Privacy Lawsuit
TikTok agrees to pay $400 million to settle a DOJ child-privacy lawsuit alleging COPPA violations including collecting data from children under 13.
The DOJ announced that ByteDance-owned TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a 2024 lawsuit alleging massive-scale invasions of children's privacy. TikTok pays $300 million immediately and $100 million upon vacating the prior Musical.ly consent decree. The complaint alleged children under 13 could create accounts, data was collected in Kids Mode, and parental deletion requests went unheeded. DOJ called it one of the largest recoveries ever under COPPA, following TikTok's 2023 €345 million GDPR fine.
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