A 7-year-old teenage boy and a 11-year-old teenage girl look at their iPad screen with TikTok logo is displayed in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 7, 2025. George Chan/Getty Images
TikTok and its creator ByteDance struck a deal Friday with Alabama that will pay the state at least $100 million and force changes in how teenagers use the app, days before what would have been the first state trial over claims the platform was built to addict minors.
In August, the Justice Department separately announced TikTok and ByteDance would pay $400 million to resolve Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) claims. Officials called it one of the largest COPPA recoveries on record. The company did not admit fault.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.
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