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TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements

The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected "vast amounts of data" on millions of users under the age of 13.

TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements
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Pressivio’s Technology desk has added the source report “TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements” to its international monitoring stream.

The deal stems from a 2024 lawsuit alleging TikTok and its parent company ByteDance collected "vast amounts of data" on millions of users under the age of 13.

Original source: BBC Technology
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