TikTok settles lawsuit with Alabama for at least US$100m, to apply safety steps

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TikTok has settled a lawsuit with Alabama for at least $100 million, agreeing to implement new safety measures including usage limits and enhanced age verification to protect children in the state. The settlement resolves claims that TikTok endangered children and misled consumers about its safety ahead of a scheduled trial.

Alabama said on Friday it had reached a settlement with TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, that requires the social media platform to impose new usage limits and enhanced age-verification measures for users in the US state, resolving claims that the platform endangered children and misled consumers about its safety. The agreement, which came days before a scheduled trial, calls for TikTok to implement changes for teenagers in Alabama including a two-hour daily time limit, pauses...