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TikTok settles lawsuit with Alabama for at least $100 million, will implement safety features
TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million and add teen safety controls, including private accounts, screen-time limits and content filters.
- TikTok agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and implement new safety features for teen users, resolving a lawsuit scheduled to go to trial on Monday.
- Alabama sued the platform in 2025 claiming its "addictive properties" — namely its algorithm that curates highly specific content catered to users' interests — were harmful to children.
- Young users will face a two-hour daily time limit, a ban on nighttime use from midnight to 6 a.m., and prompts for a "Productive pause." after 15 minutes of continuous use.
- Katherine Robertson, chief counsel in the Alabama Attorney General's office, told The Associated Press on Friday, "There's been a war on childhood coming from a million different directions."
- Alabama could receive up to an additional $183.8 million if other states reach qualifying settlements, expanding on TikTok's $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice in August.
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TikTok settles lawsuit with Alabama for at least $100 million, will implement safety features – WTOP News
TikTok will pay the state of Alabama at least $100 million and must implement a slew of safety features for teens in the state as part of a settlement agreement
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TikTok settles lawsuit with Alabama for at least $100 million, will implement safety features
TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and implement safety features for teens as part of a settlement that resolved an impending trial.
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