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The U.S. alleges that for years millions of American children under 13 have been using TikTok and the site "has been collecting and retaining children's personal information."
The watchdog's report found 80% of Australian children aged eight to 12 used social media in 2024, with YouTube, ByteDance's TikTok, Meta's Instagram and Snap's Snapchat being the most popular ...
On September 15, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2273 also known as The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act or CAADCA. [37] [38] [7] The most controversial parts of the law were that it requires online services that are likely to be used by children which is defined as anyone under 18 years of age to estimate the age of child users with a "reasonable level of certainty".
While TikTok does not allow users under the age of 18 to host livestreams, the lawsuit criticizes TikTok's inadequate age verification and enforcement measures, claiming they fail to ensure user safety. [16] In January 2025, Utah further alleged TikTok knowingly allows the exploitation, prioritizing profits over user safety. [17] [18]
The company will no longer send push notifications after 9 pm to users aged between 13 and 15. For 16 to 17 year olds, notifications will not be sent after 10 pm. [381] In March 2023, TikTok announced default screen time limits for users under the age of 18. [382]
TikTok said it had made changes well before the investigation began in September 2021, including making all accounts for teens under 16 private by default and disabling direct messaging for 13- to ...
Markey and Josh Hawley introduced multiple bills (in the House in 2018 as the "Do Not Track Kids Act", and in 2019 as a Senate measure) proposing that COPPA ban the use of targeted advertising to users under 13, require personal consent before the collection of personal information from users ages 13–15, require connected devices and toys ...
Some of the information about what young people are doing online is what you'd expect: Teenagers love watching TikTok and using Snapchat; younger kids under 13 are most interested in Roblox (53% ...