TikTok Pays Alabama $100M to Avoid Teen-Safety Trial

TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million to settle, ending the case without trial, claims it misled parents about tools shielding children from harmful content. The deal avoids a trial set to begin Monday. Alabama describes it as the first-in-the-nation state settlement on social media and teen wellbeing. More than a dozen other states still have suits against TikTok.