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

TechCrunch·August 21, 2026 at 8:25 PM+2

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Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, it has reached a $400 million settlement.

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