Federal prosecutors accused TikTok of collecting and keeping data from children without notifying parents or receiving consent. The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Federal prosecutors accused TikTok of collecting and keeping data from children without notifying parents or receiving consent.S1

• The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleged that TikTok collected data from...S2

• The Department of Justice said on Friday that TikTok and China’s ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to settleS3