TikTok agrees to $400 million US children's privacy settlement
TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to settle a US legal action over children's privacy. The settlement is one of the largest of its kind involving a social media platform and young users.
Why this matters: Four hundred million dollars sounds like accountability. For a company TikTok's size, it is closer to a line item. The real story is what the platform was doing with children's data in the first place. Kids do not negotiate terms of service. Their parents often do not read them either. When a platform collects data on minors at scale and settles years later, the children whose information was taken do not get it back. A fine at the end does not undo the collection at the beginning.
Who should care: Lawyers · Privacy officers · Compliance · General readers · Policy
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