
To avoid a lawsuit, Tiktok will pay up to $300 million and agree to stricter usage rules for teenagers.
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The US state of Alabama accused Tiktok of specifically designing the platform so that children would become addicted.
The US state of Alabama accuses Tiktok of deliberately addicting children to the short video platform. In order to avoid a lawsuit, Tiktok has now agreed to a settlement and stricter rules for use by minors.
After Facebook group Meta, Tiktok in a US state has also agreed to limit usage times for teenagers. With the commitments and a payment of up to $300 million, the short video platform wants to avoid a trial that should begin next week. Among other things, it should be about the accusation that Tiktok was specifically designed to make children addicted.
The restrictions include a time limit of two hours per day for young users in Alabama, as the state's attorney general, Steve Marshall, announced. Access will also be restricted between midnight and 6 a.m. - and teenagers will not be allowed to use cosmetic filters in their videos.
Meta agreed to a payment of up to $18 billion and similar restrictions in a settlement with several states last month. The Facebook Group hopes that Snapchat and the video platform YouTube will also follow the restrictions.

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