Facebook found liable as TikTok settles for $100m over user safety

Facebook found liable in New Mexico for deceptive actions; TikTok settles $100m lawsuit with Alabama over safety claims.Published On 26 Sep 202626 Sep 2026Two technology giants have faced legal setbacks involving cases over misleading consumers about user safety and privacy in the United States, with Facebook found liable by a jury and TikTok agreeing to pay a $100m settlement.Facebook was found to have violated 43 million state consumer protection laws by a jury in New Mexico on Friday. Meanwhile, on the same day, TikTok and ⁠⁠its ⁠⁠Chinese parent company, ByteDance, agreed to its first-ever settlement with a state just days before its scheduled trial in Alabama.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Parents who lost children to social media harms question Meta settlementlist 2 of 4Meta agrees to settlement, platform changes in youth addiction caselist 3 of 4Instagram chief testifies at Meta trial, says few teens used safety featurelist 4 of 4US lawmakers propose sweeping AI restrictions with superintelligence banend of listTikTok was accused by the Alabama attorney general’s office of intentionally designing the platform to be addictive and misleading consumers about its s...