Find XO: TikTok Added $100 Million to Wipe Out 2019 Settlement (justice.gov)

- The U.S. Department of Justice reached a $400 million settlement with TikTok and ByteDance. - $300 million will be paid immediately, and $100 million will be paid when the 2019 Musical.ly consent decree is vacated by the court. - Seven years ago, the amount paid under the same law was $5.7 million. - The increase was due not to age verification screens but to internal procedures for handling deletion requests. - If your service includes child users, first check the records of deletion request queue processing.