TikTok and ByteDance agreed to pay $A558 million. They are settling claims that they illegally collected personal information from children under 13 without parents' permission.
Why it mattersTikTok faces major consequences for how it handled children's data. The settlement matters for the millions of young people worldwide using the platform.
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