Lawsuitsby GlyphTikTok lawsuits and enforcement actions
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TikTok: deceptive child safety claimsTexas sued TikTok in January 2025 for marketing its app as safe for minors while showing children inappropriate content; the AG says Texas is the first state to win a liability finding against TikTok.Texas Attorney GeneralDPC fine: TikTok, transfers to ChinaThe Irish regulator fined TikTok over sending European users data to China and failing to be open about it.EUR 530 millionIrish DPCIn re TikTok Minor Privacy LitigationConsolidated class actions alleging TikTok collected personal data from children under 13 without parental consent, following the 2024 DOJ COPPA suit.C.D. Cal.United States sued v. 
ByteDance (TikTok, COPPA)DOJ, on referral from the FTC, alleged TikTok and ByteDance knowingly let millions of children under 13 use TikTok, collected their data without parental consent and violated a 2019 COPPA order.C.D. Cal.DPC fine: TikTok, children's dataOwn-volition inquiry into TikTok's processing of child users' data from July to December 2020, including public-by-default settings and the Family Pairing feature.EUR 345 millionIrish DPC
In re Social Media Adolescent Addiction Litigation (MDL 3047)Personal injury, school district and state claims that Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube designed their platforms to be addictive and harmful to young users.N.D. Cal.FTC: Musical.ly (TikTok), COPPAThe FTC alleged the app, now TikTok, collected personal information from children without parental consent.$5.7 millionUS Federal Trade Commission