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TikTok to Pay Alabama $100 Million to Settle Social Media Addiction Claims
TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama $100 million to settle claims that its social media platform is designed to be addictive and harms young users. The agreement resolves the state's allegations over the company's practices, adding to mounting legal pressure on major social media firms in the United States over youth safety and addiction concerns.
Why now: It is a major settlement in ongoing US legal and political scrutiny of social media companies' effects on children.
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- TikTok to Pay Alabama $100 Million to Settle Social Media Addiction Claims · The New York Times
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