TikTok Agrees to Pay 400 Million Dollars to Settle U.S. Children’s Privacy Lawsuit
Settlement resolves Justice Department claims that the platform collected data from users under 13 without parental consent.
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TikTok will pay 400 million dollars to settle a United States Justice Department lawsuit over violations of federal children’s privacy law.
The complaint alleged that the platform collected personal data from users under 13 without obtaining verifiable parental consent, in breach of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
AFP reported the agreement on 21 August 2026. The settlement closes the civil case without an admission of liability by the company.
Regulators have increased scrutiny of social media platforms’ handling of young users’ data. The fine is one of the larger privacy settlements involving a major tech firm in recent years.
TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, faces ongoing pressure in the United States over data security and content moderation. The privacy settlement addresses only the under-13 data collection claims.
Details of how the funds will be distributed or any accompanying compliance measures were not immediately published.
