Tag: ByteDance
DOJ announces $400M TikTok settlement over children's privacy allegations
August 24, 2026SSN Staff
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a $400 million settlement with TikTok, ByteDance and affiliated entities to resolve litigation concerning compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and its implementing regulations.
Under the settlement, TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and an additional $100 million upon entry of an order vacating a prior consent decree entered against...
Tick tock, TikTok
January 22, 2025SSN Staff
If you placed a bet that a social media app would be the most talked-about national security topic during Presidential Inauguration week, time to collect your winnings.
In the days leading up to Donald Trump’s inauguration for his second nonconsecutive term as U.S. president, TikTok shared the spotlight with the incoming leader of the nation as the app’s China-based owner, ByteDance, was given a Jan. 19 deadline by outgoing President Joe Biden to divest itself of TikTok, based on legislation...
News Roundup
April 12, 2023Ken Showers
That’s right everyone, I don’t have a specific topic to cover this week, so I’m going to do a little bit of a news roundup on things I’ve been keeping my eye on.
Why did I choose to spell it that way in the title? Because it kills bugs dead. That’s right, first up on the radar is OpenAI announcing the launch of its bug bounty program. This week the artificial intelligence (AI) research lab announced that it would be offering rewards to independent researchers ranging...
The case against TikTok
March 24, 2023Ken Showers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his first appearance before Congress on March 23, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew came under fire from a united U.S. Congress as he sought to assuage lawmakers' concerns.
TikTok has landed on the radar of several countries over the last few years as concerns of China meddling and misappropriating user data has skyrocketed. Citing those same security concerns Canada banned TikTok on government devices in February this year (the U.S. did prior to this in December) and...