TikTok users begin receiving payments in $143 million class action settlement


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This week, TikTok users across the US who created videos on the app before September 30, 2021, began receiving payments between $US27.84 ($A43.41) and $US167.04 ($A260.44) following a $US92 ($A143.44) million class-action data privacy settlement with the social media platform. The largest cheques went to short- and long-term residents of Illinois, where TikTok was sued for violating the state’s strict biometric data laws by collecting and implementing facial recognition data into its algorithms without user consent. Not everyone who uses TikTok in the US is getting a cheque because a comparable federal law doesn’t currently exist. Watch the latest News...