Officially

From the publisher, with its history intact.

Alabama Attorney General alabamaag.gov

Attorney General Marshall Announces Historic Multi-Million-Dollar Settlement with TikTok

Imported from official source

Announcement

For Immediate Release:
September 25, 2026

For press inquiries only, contact:
Amanda Priest (334) 322-5694
William Califf (334) 604-3230

(Montgomery, Ala) — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced today a landmark settlement with social media company TikTok Inc.

Under the settlement, Alabama will receive a minimum of $100 million, due to the state within 45 days, with the potential to receive up to $300 million if certain conditions are met.

In addition to the payment, TikTok must implement a host of safety features designed to protect children using its platform. The agreement resolves Alabama’s claims that TikTok designed its platform with addictive features, knowingly exposed young users to serious mental harms, and intentionally misled the public about the safety of its platforms, among other things. This settlement is a victory for the protection of Alabama’s children and will fundamentally transform how TikTok operates for kids and teens.

“This is a great day for Alabama parents. Tonight, they can rest easier knowing real protections are in place to shield their children from the dangers of social media addiction. TikTok has agreed to give parents real control over what their kids see and how much time they spend on the app,” Attorney General Marshall said. “We’ve said from day one that our number one goal was to stand up for Alabamians when they are being harmed, and today, we did exactly that.”

The settlement requires TikTok to implement a series of safety features, including:

  • A two-hour daily time limit, with parental controls that allow parents to further limit the amount of time their children spend on TikTok.
  • “Productive pauses” that interrupt teen users after 15 minutes of continuous use and again at 60 and 90 minutes to limit endless scrolling.
  • “Nighttime access” that restricts children’s access from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., plus restrictions on messaging and push notifications overnight and during school hours.

    • This is an extract. The publication continues at the source.

    Read the original at the source: https://www.alabamaag.gov/attorney-general-marshall-announces-historic-multi-million-dollar-settlement-with-tiktok/

    Officially imported this from Alabama Attorney General’s own source and shows an extract. If you work there, claiming the profile and verifying the domain lets you choose to show the full text here.

    Provenance

    Organization
    Alabama Attorney General — imported from official source
    Official source
    https://www.alabamaag.gov/feed/ RSS
    Imported
    October 03, 2026 20:42
    Versions
    1 recorded
    Identity
    https://www.alabamaag.gov/?p=68183

    Officially records where a publication came from, not whether it is true. Imported records are reproduced from an organization's own official source.