{"id":5851,"date":"2026-08-21T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=5851"},"modified":"2026-08-21T22:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:56:00","slug":"tiktok-settle-doj-lawsuit-coppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=5851","title":{"rendered":"TikTok will pay $400 million to settle DOJ child privacy lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/8\/2\/24212095\/us-vs-tiktok-sue-children-privacy-law\">in 2024<\/a> over allegedly violating the Children\u2019s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleged that TikTok collected data from children without notifying parents or obtaining consent and did not delete the accounts when parents requested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">TikTok is set to pay $300 million right away and will pay a further $100 million \u201cupon entry of an order vacating a prior consent decree entered against TikTok\u2019s predecessor, Musical.ly,\u201d the DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-secures-400m-settlement-tiktok-and-bytedance-resolve-childrens-privacy\">says in a press release<\/a>. The settlement is \u201cone of the largest recoveries ever obtained in a COPPA case.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The DOJ also notes that TikTok has \u201cundergone significant changes to its ownership, management, compliance functions, and privacy practices\u201d since the lawsuit was filed and that TikTok has \u201cimplemented extensive measures designed to strengthen safeguards for younger users, improve age-related controls, and enhance parental oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">TikTok didn\u2019t immediately reply to a request for comment. In January, the deal to put TikTok under a new joint ownership structure in the US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/866437\/tiktok-usds-bytedance-sale-oracle-mgx\">finally happened<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/983531\/tiktok-settle-doj-lawsuit-coppa\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children\u2019s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). 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