TikTok was set to pay $1B in 2024 over kids privacy breaches – years before DOJ’s sweetheart $400M deal: sources
TikTok was initially willing to pay $1 billion to settle child privacy violations but is now close to a $400 million deal with the DOJ. The settlement has drawn criticism for being insufficient and lacking meaningful changes to TikTok's practices. Advocates argue that the deal fails to address the serious nature of the violations and the potential harm to children.
- ▪TikTok was set to pay $1 billion in 2024 over child privacy breaches before negotiating a $400 million settlement with the DOJ.
- ▪The FTC found evidence that TikTok collected data on children under 13 without parental consent, violating COPPA.
- ▪Critics argue that the $400 million settlement is inadequate and lacks meaningful changes to TikTok's practices.
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Business exclusive TikTok was set to pay $1B in 2024 over kids privacy breaches – years before DOJ’s sweetheart $400M deal: sources By Thomas Barrabi Published May 18, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google TikTok is nearing a $400 million truce with President Trump’s Justice Department over child data privacy breaches – a sweetheart deal as the social-media app was willing to pay $1 billion to settle the same claims in 2024, The Post has learned. In June 2024, the Biden-era Federal Trade Commission disclosed it found evidence that TikTok had knowingly collected data on kids younger than 13 without telling their parents – a violation of a federal law called the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
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