[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-tiktok-pays-alabama-100-million-to-settle-addiction-suit":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},7985,"tiktok-pays-alabama-100-million-to-settle-addiction-suit","TikTok Pays Alabama $100 Million to Settle Addiction Suit","TikTok settled Alabama's social media addiction lawsuit for $100 million just before the case was set to go to trial.","TikTok is paying Alabama $100 million to make a social media addiction lawsuit disappear before a jury ever hears it.\n\nAlabama sued TikTok over claims that the app is built to be addictive, especially for younger users. Instead of letting a court decide whether that's true, TikTok agreed to a $100 million settlement just before the case was scheduled to go to trial. The deal resolves Alabama's claims specifically. No other terms of the agreement were disclosed.\n\nA nine-figure check sounds like a big deal, but for a company TikTok's size, it's closer to a cost of doing business than a real deterrent. What's more notable is the pattern: settling before trial lets TikTok write a check without a judge or jury ever ruling on whether its algorithm is actually designed to hook kids.\n\nThat question - does the app manipulate attention on purpose - still hasn't been tested in open court, in Alabama or anywhere else, and this settlement guarantees it won't be anytime soon.","[\"tiktok\",\"alabama\",\"lawsuit\",\"social-media-addiction\"]","2026-09-26T16:41:00.000Z","2026-09-26T17:07:56.328Z","2026-09-26T17:08:07.747Z","published",null,[],"policy",[26,27,28,29],"tiktok","alabama","lawsuit","social-media-addiction",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"Engadget","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.engadget.com\u002F2269822\u002Ftiktok-will-pay-alabama-100-million-to-settle-social-media-addiction-lawsuit\u002F",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,47,50,55,60,64,69,74,79,84,89,93,98],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",4631,"2026-09-26T16:59:00.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"Security","security",750,"2026-09-26T12:00:00.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":24,"count":49,"latest_published_at":18},"Policy",395,{"name":51,"slug":52,"count":53,"latest_published_at":54},"Deals","deals",260,"2026-09-26T09:00:00.000Z",{"name":56,"slug":57,"count":58,"latest_published_at":59},"Hardware","hardware",185,"2026-09-25T15:00:22.000Z",{"name":61,"slug":62,"count":63,"latest_published_at":54},"Science","science",144,{"name":65,"slug":66,"count":67,"latest_published_at":68},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",135,"2026-09-26T14:30:00.000Z",{"name":70,"slug":71,"count":72,"latest_published_at":73},"Software","software",90,"2026-09-25T20:55:00.000Z",{"name":75,"slug":76,"count":77,"latest_published_at":78},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",84,"2026-09-26T04:20:58.000Z",{"name":80,"slug":81,"count":82,"latest_published_at":83},"Startups","startups",76,"2026-09-25T18:33:59.000Z",{"name":85,"slug":86,"count":87,"latest_published_at":88},"Gaming","gaming",48,"2026-09-25T18:35:21.000Z",{"name":90,"slug":91,"count":87,"latest_published_at":92},"General","general","2026-09-26T17:02:42.000Z",{"name":94,"slug":95,"count":96,"latest_published_at":97},"Reviews","reviews",30,"2026-09-24T20:07:31.000Z",{"name":99,"slug":100,"count":101,"latest_published_at":102},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]