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TikTok’s Alabama Teen-Safety Settlement

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DevelopingNext check : Implementation of the payment and teen-safety obligations, including the agreed account limits and safeguards.

Where it stands

TikTok settled Alabama’s teen-safety lawsuit, agreeing to pay the state at least $100 million and limit users ages 13 to 17 to two hours a day. The deal also sets overnight and school-hours restrictions and other safeguards; the report does not say whether implementation or enforcement has begun.

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  1. Update 1After Two Hours, TikTok Goes Dark for Alabama Teens

The story so far

  1. Update 1

    After Two Hours, TikTok Goes Dark for Alabama Teens

    Alabama extracted at least $100 million and a first-in-the-nation teen code — two-hour days, midnight blackout, no beauty filters — without proving its addiction case at trial.

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    • No public enforcement language yet for age verification, school-hours definition, filter ban, non-personalized feed, or circumvention.
    • No public timeframe for other states to sign, audit method, or plan for how Alabama will spend the money.

History

  1. Opened1 report

Who's involved

People

  • Steve Marshallpolitician who served as Attorney General of Alabama1 report

Organizations

  • TikTok Inc.subsidiary company of TikTok1 report

Places

  • AlabamaAlabama, USA1 report
  • Montgomery CountyMontgomery County, AL, USA1 report

Every outlet we read on this story

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