TikTok and its parent company ByteDance agreed to pay $400 million to settle a 2024 US lawsuit alleging the platform collected vast amounts of data on millions of users under the age of 13. The deal is one of the largest child privacy settlements on record. The case highlights ongoing concerns about how social media companies handle minors' personal data.
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