MontgomeryTikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million.
It is TikTok’s first state settlement, reached days before a trial set for Monday.
Alabama pressed deceptive trade practices claims, and the deal caps teens at 2 hours daily, with a midnight-to-6am lockout.
More than a dozen states, including California and New York, still have suits against TikTok.
Alabama’s payout could grow, to a maximum of $300 million, if 40 other attorneys general sign similar deals.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide
- The Guardian
- first-state TikTok settlement mirroring Meta structure: 2-hour daily, midnight-6am, school-hour muting, beauty filter ban
- Economic Times
- foregrounds algorithmic harm claim—company knew curated content addictive and damaging; could scale to $300M if 40+ states adopt
- South China Morning Post
- quantifies pending litigation: 27+ state suits; settlement could cascade to $300M if 40 attorneys general join within timeframe
Sources: The Guardian, Economic Times, South China Morning Post