TikTok agrees to $400m settlement to resolve US children’s privacy litigation
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/21/tiktok-settlement-children-privacy
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/21/tiktok-settlement-children-privacy
6 Comments
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 19 pts · 3d
This is not law but a business model.
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2d
it's part of the outflow column on the spreadsheet and $400m is how much they make on a lazy sunday afternoon.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 2d
$400 M is the penalty for destroying our species. Will we ever get justice for anything ever again?
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2d
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2d
only if we do it ourselves instead of relying on obviously captured institutions.
FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2d
On top of the privacy effects, short form video (SFV) is degrading everybody's cognition.
High-frequency SFV use was consistently associated with attentional disruption, reduced executive functioning, and emotional dysregulation. Several studies reported increased anxiety and compulsive use, though findings were heterogeneous.
And a firehose of mis and disinformation.
TikTok Is a Misinformation Minefield.
Lots of reasons to help our friends and family get off it. Mental health effects, targeted disinformation, and privacy loss.