Fonte: New York Post
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). Policymakers and online safety advocates have long pushed for tightened restrictions on targeted ads, arguing social media companies are manipulating impressionable kids and hooking them with addictive features to boost their profits.
