# TikTok agrees to pay $400m to settle US children’s privacy case

https://mins.news/en/item/28923

- DW, 2026-08-21 23:13 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/tiktok-agrees-to-pay-400m-to-settle-us-children-s-privacy-case/a-78466204?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to resolve US Justice Department allegations that the platform violated children’s online privacy laws. The department said $300 million would be paid immediately and $100 million after a court order, describing it as one of the largest recoveries in a case under COPPA.

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