TikTok To Pay $400m US Settlement In Children’s Privacy Violation Case

Repo ted
by:
Emmy
Sasipo ka
with
AFP,
Reute s
|

Edited
by:
Ra a
Taha

TikTok
a d
its
Chi ese
pa e t
compa y
ByteDa ce
ag eed
o
F iday
to
pay
$400
millio
( oughly
&eu o;342
millio )
to
esolve
allegatio s
by
the
US
Justice
Depa tme t
that
the
platfo m
violated
child e ‘s
o li e
p ivacy
laws.

“U de
the
settleme t,
TikTok
will
pay
$300
millio
immediately
a d
a
additio al
$100
millio
upo
e t y
of
a
o de
vacati g
a
p io
co se t
dec ee
e te ed
agai st
TikTok’s
p edecesso ,
Musical.ly,”
the
depa tme t
said
i
a
stateme t.

It’s
“o e
of
the
la gest
ecove ies
eve
obtai ed”
f om
a
case
i volvi g
the
Child e ‘s
O li e
P ivacy
P otectio
Act
(COPPA),
a
fede al
law
which
safegua ds
o li e
p ivacy
of
mi o s,
the
stateme t
added.

What
was
TikTok
accused
of?

The
Justice
Depa tme t
a d
the
Fede al
T ade
Commissio
sued
TikTok
a d
ByteDa ce
i
2024,
allegi g
that
the
platfo m
put
child e ‘s
p ivacy
at
isk.

The
age cies
accused
TikTok
of
k owi gly
allowi g
child e
to
use
the
platfo m
a d
violati g
fede al
law
that
o li e
se vices
di ected
at
child e
obtai
pa e tal
co se t
befo e
collecti g
thei
pe so al
data.

The
Justice
Depa tme t
said
that
si ce
the
lawsuit
was
filed,
TikTok
has
“u de go e
sig ifica t
cha ges
to
its
ow e ship,
ma ageme t,
complia ce
fu ctio s
a d
p ivacy
p actices”
co ce i g
you ge
use s.

TikTok
pa e t
compa y
ByteDa ce
sold
off
a
majo ity
stake
of
its
US
e tity
ea lie
this
yea
i
o de
to
avoid
a
ba
by
the
T ump
admi ist atio .

TikTok
did
ot
immediately
comme t
o
the
settleme t.

TikTok
faces
g owi g
global
sc uti y

The
settleme t
comes
as
TikTok,
alo gside
othe
social
media
platfo ms,
faces
i c easi g
p essu e
a ou d
the
wo ld.

I
2024,
B ussels
lau ched
a
p obe
i to
TikTok
u de
the
Digital
Se vices
Act
(DSA)
—
a
la dma k
egulatio
that
the
Eu opea
U io
has
used
to
cu b
ha mful
p actices
by
Big
Tech
i
ece t
yea s.

The
video-sha i g
platfo m
isks
a
la ge
fi e
afte
the
EU
accused
TikTok
i
July
of
faili g
to
p otect
child e
th ough
accou t
setti gs
that
ca
expose
them
to
isks
such
as
“u wa ted
co tact,
cybe bullyi g,
o
p edato y
behavio .”

The
U ited
Ki gdom
also
lau ched
a
p obe
i to
TikTok
i
July
to
i vestigate
whethe
the
app
is
doi g
e ough
u de
UK
law
to
p otect
child e
f om
ha mful
co te t.

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