TikTok will pay $400 million to settle DOJ child privacy lawsuit

TikTok 将支付 4 亿美元以和解美国司法部针对其儿童隐私问题的诉讼

The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleged that TikTok collected data from children without notifying parents or obtaining consent and did not delete the accounts when parents requested.

美国司法部周五宣布，TikTok 将支付 4 亿美元，以和解 2024 年提起的一项诉讼。该诉讼指控 TikTok 违反了《儿童在线隐私保护法》（COPPA）。司法部在诉讼中称，TikTok 在未通知家长或获得同意的情况下收集了儿童数据，并且在家长提出要求时未能删除相关账户。

TikTok is set to pay $300 million right away and will pay a further $100 million “upon entry of an order vacating a prior consent decree entered against TikTok’s predecessor, Musical.ly,” the DOJ says in a press release. The settlement is “one of the largest recoveries ever obtained in a COPPA case.”

根据司法部发布的新闻稿，TikTok 将立即支付 3 亿美元，并在“撤销针对 TikTok 前身 Musical.ly 的先前同意令的命令生效后”再支付 1 亿美元。此次和解是“COPPA 案件中获得的金额最大的赔偿之一”。

The DOJ also notes that TikTok has “undergone significant changes to its ownership, management, compliance functions, and privacy practices” since the lawsuit was filed and that TikTok has “implemented extensive measures designed to strengthen safeguards for younger users, improve age-related controls, and enhance parental oversight.”

司法部还指出，自诉讼提起以来，TikTok 在所有权、管理层、合规职能和隐私实践方面“经历了重大变革”，并且已经“实施了广泛的措施，旨在加强对年轻用户的保护、改进年龄相关控制措施，并增强家长监管功能。”

TikTok didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment. In January, the deal to put TikTok under a new joint ownership structure in the US finally happened.

TikTok 未立即回复置评请求。今年 1 月，TikTok 在美国采用新合资所有权结构的协议最终达成。