TikTok agrees to $400m settlement to resolve US children’s privacy litigation

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The DoJ sued TikTok and its former parent company in August 2024 for allegedly failing to protect children’s privacy and collecting their information

⁠TikTok and its Chinese former parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed to a $400m settlement to resolve the US Department of Justice’s allegations that the short-form video app ⁠violated children’s online ⁠privacy.

The justice ​department sued TikTok and ByteDance in 2024 for allegedly failing to protect children’s privacy and illegally collecting their information. The defendants were accused ⁠of violating a law requiring online services aimed at children to obtain parental consent to collect personal information from users under age 13.

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China’s Massive New Artificial Island In The South China Sea Emerges, Primed For Militarization – TWZ

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  1. China’s Massive New Artificial Island In The South China Sea Emerges, Primed For Militarization  TWZ
  2. China completes first stage of work at disputed South China Sea reef, images show  Reuters
  3. China & Taiwan Update, August 21, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  4. Is a New Chinese Runway Taking Flight at Antelope Reef?  Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
  5. New images show breakneck pace of Beijing’s land grab in South China Sea  The Telegraph
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Nigeria orders investigation into second fake government agency – AP News

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  1. Nigeria orders investigation into second fake government agency  AP News
  2. For years, one man spearheaded a Nigerian government agency that didn't exist  ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  3. UPDATED: Tinubu suspends three permanent secretaries over fresh fake agency, orders alleged promoter's arrest  Premium Times Nigeria
  4. Tinubu suspends three perm secs as ICPC uncovers another fake agency in SGF office  TheCable
  5. Meet head of Nigeria’s new ‘fake’ agency, 20 state coordinators, reps in China, US  Punch Newspapers
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US ambassador to Belgium defends controversial academic who scrutinized late Cambridge professor – Politico

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  1. US ambassador to Belgium defends controversial academic who scrutinized late Cambridge professor  Politico
  2. Academic Who Publicized Plagiarism Allegations Against Jason Arday Is Suspended  The New York Times
  3. Nathan Cofnas, the Controversial Academic Who Ignited the Jason Arday Furor  WSJ
  4. Academic who raised plagiarism allegations against Jason Arday suspended by his university  Reuters
  5. British professor Jason Arday and higher education’s new politics of plagiarism  Kansas Reflector
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Explainer: What does Ukraine’s latest corruption scandal tell us about how Zelensky governs? – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. Explainer: What does Ukraine's latest corruption scandal tell us about how Zelensky governs?  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Volodymyr Zelenskyy sacks senior aide amid Ukraine corruption crisis  The Guardian
  3. Operation Forrest Gump: court applies pre-trial restriction to another participant in corruption scheme  Українська правда
  4. Zelensky fires top presidential aide after anti-graft agencies reveal corruption probe  France 24
  5. Fevered Political Moves In Ukraine Amid Anti-Corruption Raids, Fedorov Challenge  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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Dutch regulator fines Uber $966m for automating driver suspensions

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European regulators have imposed billions in penalties on US technology companies due to privacy, competition and digital market rules

The Dutch data protection authority has fined ⁠Uber €825m ($966m) for deactivating driver ⁠accounts through automated systems without ​adequately informing them, according to a 17 August decision.

The penalty would be the second-largest issued yet under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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