World World The agreement, which came days before a scheduled trial, calls for TikTok to implement changes for teenagers in Alabama including a two-hour daily time limit, pauses after 15 minutes of use and stricter age checks. File photo. The TikTok app icon on a smartphone in this illustration tak»»»

Short-form content sharing platform TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance reached a settlement with Alabama, the southeastern US state said on Friday, days ahead of what would have been a revealing trial over teen safety and its impact on their mental health. As part of the deal, TikTok a»»»

Alabama said it had reached a settlement with TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, that requires the social media platform to impose new usage limits and enhanced age-verification measures for users in the state, resolving claims that the platform endangered children and misled consume»»»

An Alabama jury will hear the state's claims that TikTok and ​its Chinese parent company ByteDance made the platform addictive to young users and misled consumers about its safety, in the ‌first case against the company to reach trial in the sweeping litigation over social media's impact on teen we»»»