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TikTok Pays $100M to Settle Lawsuit—All It Buys Is a 2-Hour Daily Cap for Minors
TikTok has settled a social media addiction lawsuit with the state of Alabama, agreeing to pay at least $100 million and rolling out measures targeting underage users—including a two-hour daily usage cap and a ban on beauty filters. Failure to follow through could mean an additional $300 million fine.
TikTok Overhauls Comment Section: 60-Second Voice Notes, 9-Photo Carousels & Polls Roll Out Together
TikTok is rolling out four new comment section features at once—voice comments, comment polls, live photo uploads, and 9-photo carousels—pushing comments beyond plain text into a richer, more multimedia format.
Meta pleads guilty to a $18 billion fine, and IG’s new limited-time rules force YouTube and TikTok to follow suit
Meta agreed to pay nearly $18 billion in fines due to youth safety lawsuits, IG will set a two-hour usage limit, and the $5.3 billion settlement is tied to whether YouTube, TikTok, and Snapchat will follow suit.
TikTok Settles Child Privacy Lawsuit for $400M, Timing Lines Up With New Ownership Structure
The DOJ says TikTok has made major changes to its ownership, management, and privacy practices, closing out a COPPA lawsuit that dates back to 2024. TikTok will pay $400 million, with $100 million of that held back until an old FTC agreement is formally vacated.
TikTok Reportedly Withheld Algorithm Safety Feature for Testing, Teen Died by Suicide in Control Group
Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal have sent a letter to TikTok executives, questioning a 2021 algorithm test that reportedly denied some users access to a safety feature meant to prevent "content rabbit holes." A U.S. teenager died by suicide during the testing period.
Bilibili Drops Passport Verification, Hires in Six Cities to Take On YouTube
Bilibili has relaunched its overseas app and scrapped identity verification requirements, while hiring simultaneously in six cities including Los Angeles and London. It's prepping an English-language website to court YouTubers—but whether this path ends up mirroring TikTok's fate is the biggest question mark hanging over the move.
No Deal, No Free Pass: Australia Passes New Law Forcing Meta, Google to Pay Up for News
Australia's parliament has passed a new law requiring tech companies with annual ad revenue over AU$275 million to pay a 2.75% tax on local revenue if they fail to strike deals with at least eight news outlets, replacing the old 2021 framework.
From Cease-and-Desist to MOU: ByteDance and Hollywood's Big Six Reach AI Copyright Agreement
The MPA sent ByteDance a cease-and-desist letter back in February. Now the two sides have signed a memorandum of understanding bringing TikTok, CapCut, Dreamina, and all of ByteDance's AI models under a copyright protection framework.
Federal Workers Get TikTok Back: One Memo Reverses the 2022 Ban
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has issued a memo officially allowing TikTok on government devices, closing the book on a four-year tug-of-war that began with the 2022 ban.
"Cortisol Face" Is Blowing Up on TikTok—But the Real Odds Are 1.8 in a Million
Social media is convinced cortisol is out here melting people's jawlines and puffing up their faces overnight. But the actual medical data says this kind of transformation only shows up in an extremely rare condition called Cushing's syndrome. Here's what experts say actually matters about cortisol—and how to manage it day to day.