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TikTok to pay Alabama up to $300M, limit daily usage for kids in settlement
Headline from Alabama Political Reporter, on the newest of 2 developments
The deal, reached days before trial, required nighttime restrictions, age checks and new parental controls for young users.
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The trial in state court in Montgomery, expected to last two to three weeks, comes as social media companies face a wave of litigation across the United States over the harm their apps allegedly cause young users.
Alabama’s attorney general said TikTok has agreed to pay up to $300 million and adopt new user protection measures to settle the state’s child-safety lawsuit that was set for a jury trial to begin Monday.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama will receive at least $100 million from TikTok under a settlement that resolves the state's claims the social media platform exposed children to harmful content while promoting addictive features.
TikTok will pay the state of Alabama at least $100 million and must implement a slew of safety features for teens in the state as part of a settlement agreement reached just before the case was set to go to trial.
Alabama reached a settlement with TikTok in the state’s lawsuit over its concerns about child safety on the app on Friday, securing new safety features on the app and averting a trial set for Monday. State Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the settlement, saying his office secured a $100 mil…
The Alabama Attorney General’s Office announced Friday it reached a minimum $100 million settlement deal with TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, days before a state court was set to hear arguments surrounding the app's potential mental health effects on minors.
TikTok on Friday agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and enact limits for teen users, avoiding a trial set to begin next week in the southern US state over claims related to child safety on the platform.
TikTok on Friday agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and enact time limits and other restrictions for teen users, avoiding trial with a settlement modeled on Instagram-owner Meta's recent agreement with US states.
Trial had been set for Monday over claims by Alabama that TikTok misled parents about tools meant to shield children from harmful content TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100m and enact time limits and other restrictions for teenage users, avoiding a trial with a settlement that was modell…
WASHINGTON >> TikTok agreed on Friday to pay Alabama a minimum of $100 million and make safety changes to its app, the latest in a string of high-profile company settlements over child social media addiction claims.
TikTok will pay the state of Alabama at least $100 million and must implement a slew of safety features for teens in the state as part of a settlement agreement reached just before the case was set to go to trial.
