TikTok was set to pay $1B in 2024 over kids privacy breaches – years before DOJ’s sweetheart $400M deal: sources

TikTok is nearing a $400 million truce with President Trump’s Justice Department over child data privacy breaches – a sweetheart deal as the social-media app was willing to pay $1 billion to settle the same claims in 2024, The Post has learned.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/18/business/tiktok-was-set-to-pay-1b-in-2024-over-kids-privacy-breaches-years-before-dojs-sweetheart-400m-deal-sources/