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A new wave of children's privacy rules is reshaping what schools and ed-tech companies can collect, store, and do with student data as the academic year begins. The back-to-school season now arrives alongside a more regulated landscape for how minors' information is handled.
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A coalition of 29 states opened a landmark trial against Meta this week, alleging the company deliberately engineered its platforms to be addictive and violated laws designed to protect children's privacy. Prosecutors framed Meta's entire business model around four verbs: hook users in, keep them on the platform, collect their data, and conceal the harm.
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TikTok has agreed to a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve claims related to children's privacy. The deal is one of the largest penalties of its kind involving a major social media platform and young users.
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TikTok has agreed to a $400 million settlement in the United States over children's privacy violations. The deal resolves legal claims related to how the platform handled data belonging to younger users.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to a $400 million settlement to resolve federal claims that TikTok violated children's privacy laws. The DOJ noted that circumstances had changed since the case was originally filed.
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TikTok has agreed to a $400 million settlement with the US Justice Department over children's privacy violations, with $300 million due immediately and the remaining $100 million tied to the removal of an earlier consent decree against Musical.ly, TikTok's predecessor.
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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.
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The U.S. Justice Department has reached a $400 million settlement with TikTok over a children's privacy lawsuit, according to Axios. The deal resolves federal claims related to how TikTok handled data belonging to younger users.
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The U.S. Justice Department has reached a $400 million settlement with TikTok over alleged violations of children's privacy law. It is one of the largest penalties of its kind involving a social media platform and minors.
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Legislatures across multiple states and at the federal level have been actively advancing privacy protections for minors in 2026, with a notable split emerging between different regulatory approaches to app marketplace oversight. The activity continues a years-long wave of children's privacy lawmaking that has accelerated since 2023.
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An investigation has found that TikTok is breaching European Union regulations designed to protect children's privacy rights. The findings suggest the platform is not meeting its legal obligations under EU rules that impose stricter requirements on how companies handle data belonging to minors.
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The European Commission has opened an investigation into TikTok over concerns about how the platform handles children's privacy rights. The probe signals formal scrutiny of whether TikTok's practices meet European standards for protecting younger users.
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At the IAPP Canada conference, regulators signaled a heightened focus on children's privacy, indicating that enforcement and policy attention in Canada is increasingly directed at how platforms and services handle data belonging to minors.
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