TikTok and ByteDance have agreed to pay $400mn to settle a US Justice Department case alleging they let millions of under-13s use the platform and collected their data without parental consent. Ireland’s regulator fined the company €345mn over children’s accounts in 2023.
Source: [TNW](https://thenextweb.com/news/tiktok-400m-doj-children-privacy-settlement)