{"id":632509,"date":"2026-05-09T08:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/632509\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:06:13","slug":"us-nears-us400-million-settlement-with-tiktok-on-child-privacy-violations-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/632509\/","title":{"rendered":"US nears US$400 million settlement with TikTok on child-privacy violations, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">US President \u2060Donald Trump\u2019s administration is nearing a US$400 million settlement with TikTok to resolve an ongoing lawsuit over alleged child-privacy violations, ABC News has reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The White House declined to comment, referring questions to the Justice Department, \u200cwhich did not immediately comment. TikTok did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The settlement monies would be used to fund Trump\u2019s \u201cbeautification\u201d projects in Washington, sources familiar with the discussions told ABC News on Friday. Trump has asked for US$10 billion from Congress to fund a wide range of projects in the District of Columbia area.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">ABC reported \u2060that White House officials had held talks for weeks about whether they could legally use the \u200cmoney to pay for Trump\u2019s proposed 76-metre (250-foot) triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Typically, settlements are used to aid victims. The Justice Department in 2024 \u200csued TikTok and parent company ByteDance for failing to protect children\u2019s privacy on \u2060the social media app.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-1w1l3op e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778313973_916_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewDuration\" class=\"css-1vqvq42 e1o401181\">04:45<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">Is the proposed TikTok sale to US and global investors a done deal?<\/p>\n<p>Is the proposed TikTok sale to US and global investors a done deal?<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The \u2060US alleges that for years, millions of American children under age 13 have been using TikTok and that the \u200csite \u201chas been collecting and retaining children\u2019s personal information\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US President \u2060Donald Trump\u2019s administration is nearing a US$400 million settlement with TikTok to resolve an ongoing lawsuit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[9257,23,156781,70258,17758,273361,3505,12,19871,16675,3,1153,273359,273360,21,19,22,20,25,24,2002,3123],"class_list":["post-632509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-abc-news","tag-america","tag-arlington-national-cemetery","tag-beautification","tag-bytedance","tag-childrens-online-privacy-protection-act","tag-district-of-columbia","tag-donald-trump","tag-federal-trade-commission","tag-justice-department","tag-news","tag-tiktok","tag-triumphal-arch","tag-trump-arch","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-washington","tag-white-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}