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TikTok Settles $400M COPPA Lawsuit | Dayton News
TikTok just paid $400 million to settle a major lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged violations of kids’ online privacy — specifically, collecting data from children under 13 without parental consent. The DOJ hailed it as a landmark win for child safety, calling out TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for keeping personal info even after parents requested deletion and allegedly maintaining accounts known to belong to underage users. While the settlement is one of the largest ever under COPPA, the DOJ also acknowledged TikTok’s recent upgrades: stronger privacy tools…
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