The video platform TikTok has reached a settlement agreement with the US state of Alabama, avoiding a trial that was due to begin on Monday. The company will pay at least $100 million, which is approximately €87 million. NOS ↗
The case concerned allegations that TikTok fails to adequately protect children and teenagers from social media addiction. The agreement sets new restrictions for young users of the platform. Teenagers aged 13 to 17 will have a maximum daily usage time of two hours set by default. Le Monde ↗
TikTok is also to restrict teenagers' access to the platform between midnight and six o'clock in the morning. The measures are meant to respond to concerns about the extent of the service's use and the protection of minor users.
The agreement ended the dispute before court proceedings in Alabama had even begun. It is one of the cases in the United States that deal with the responsibility of social networks for possible negative effects on children and adolescents. ORF ↗
Similar proceedings have also emerged this year against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. The TikTok case thus fits into a broader series of disputes in the US over whether social platforms are taking sufficient measures to protect minors from excessive use and addiction. Der Standard ↗
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TikTok schikt voor miljoenen in Alabama en komt met tijdslimiet voor kinderen
NOS
| 05:26 26.09.
TikTok accepte de limiter le temps d’écran des adolescents dans un accord à plus de 100 millions de dollars avec l’Alabama
Le Monde
| 03:48 26.09.
Tiktok schließt Millionenvergleich in den USA
ORF
| 03:02 26.09.
Social-Media-Sucht: Tiktok in den USA ab Montag erstmals vor Gericht
Der Standard
| 22:03 25.09.
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