{"id":2164413,"date":"2026-09-26T00:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T21:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2164413"},"modified":"2026-09-26T00:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T21:11:14","slug":"tiktok-to-pay-100m-limit-daily-child-usage-in-alabama-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2164413","title":{"rendered":"TikTok to pay $100m, limit daily child usage in Alabama settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TikTok has become one of the most popular social media platforms in the world.<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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TikTok and its parent company ByteDance will pay the US state of Alabama $100m (\u00a375.45m) and make a series of changes to restrict children’s usage in the state as part of a lawsuit settlement. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The deal was reached just before a jury trial was set to begin on Monday. It ends a lawsuit alleging TikTok is intentionally designed to addict children to its features, mirroring a host of lawsuits against social media platforms. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The company is now required to install a number of new safety features, including a two-hour daily usage limit for children as well as overnight and school-hour restrictions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The changes will only apply in Alabama. It marks the platform’s first settlement with a US state. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We’re very pleased,” said Katherine Robertson, chief counsel in the Alabama Attorney General’s office in an interview with the BBC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She added that the state had been engaged in mediation with TikTok in the run-up to trial and that the deal they have now reached was the state’s final offer. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This is very restrictive injunctive relief that’s going to require them to change a lot of the policies that we had identified as the culprits in what we call the war on childhood,” Robertson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The new time limits and usage blocks are due to take effect immediately. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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However, TikTok has up to a year to implement other changes included as part of the settlement, such as the establishment of age verification measures. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Many of the measures follow a framework established by an August settlement struck between social media rival Meta and 52 state Attorneys General.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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TikTok has agreed to pay up to $300m to Alabama if conditions of the new settlement are not met. The $100m payment is due to the state within 45 days. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Other safety features demanded as part of the deal include a host of measures to allow parents to heavily moderate usage by their children, along with restrictions on some content, and new ways to verify the age of young users. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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TikTok will also limit children’s accounts being discovered by adults, and notify parents to any “suspicious interactions” between teen users and adult users. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A blanket ban on all cosmetic filters for children will also be put in place. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“TikTok’s priority has always been fostering a safe and positive space where people can be creative, discover what they love, and connect with their community,” a spokesperson for TikTok USDS said. “This builds on our commitment and core objective to continually enhance our robust safety tools to protect teens.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Earlier this year, TikTok split its business ownership, with a new group of investors taking control of operations in the US. The remainder of the business is operated out of China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok in China, was also part of Friday’s settlement as ByteDance remains a minority owner of the US joint venture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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