Alabama announced on Friday that it had settled a lawsuit with TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, that requires the social media platform to impose new usage limits and enhanced age‑verification measures for users in the US state, resolving claims that the platform endangered children and misled consumers about its safety.
The deal, reached days before a scheduled trial, mandates that TikTok impose a two‑hour daily limit for teen users in Alabama, insert mandatory breaks after 15 minutes of continuous use, and enforce stricter age verification.
Under the agreement, TikTok will pay Alabama a minimum of US$100 million, with the potential for the total to rise to US$300 million if forty additional state attorneys general sign comparable agreements within the specified period.
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