Child Privacy

TikTok and parent company ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to settle FTC allegations that they illegally collected personal data from millions of users under age 13, marking the largest penalty ever imposed in a US child privacy case.

Multiple US states have gone to trial against Meta over child privacy protection. State attorneys general allege Instagram and Facebook failed to adequately protect minor users, demanding fundamental platform reforms. This case could become a landmark in US social media regulation.