TikTok to pay $100 million to Alabama in teen addiction settlement
TikTok has settled and agreed to pay the US state of Alabama at least $100 million dollars days before trial.
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TikTok has settled and agreed to pay the US state of Alabama at least $100 million dollars days before 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...
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