TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to settle long-running complaints that the company has repeatedly violated children’s privacy.

The DOJ sued TikTok’s predecessor, Musical.ly, in 2019 for allegedly not complying with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which prohibits the collection, use and disclosure of personal data of children under 13 without parental permission. TikTok has been under a court order since then to comply with COPPA.

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Adrianne Appel writes regulatory news, policy, and trends for Compliance Week. She previously reported about policy developments for Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg Government. Email: adrianne.appel@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...