[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-tiktok-pays-alabama-100-million-to-settle-addiction-suit":10,"sections":38},{"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":37,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":37,"total_tokens":37},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",[31,34],{"name":32,"url":33},"Engadget","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.engadget.com\u002F2269822\u002Ftiktok-will-pay-alabama-100-million-to-settle-social-media-addiction-lawsuit\u002F",{"name":35,"url":36},"TechCrunch","https:\u002F\u002Ftechcrunch.com\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F26\u002Ftiktok-agrees-to-pay-at-least-100m-in-alabama-settlement\u002F",0,{"sections":39},[40,45,49,53,58,63,67,72,77,82,87,92,96,101],{"name":41,"slug":42,"count":43,"latest_published_at":44},"AI","ai",4650,"2026-09-28T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":46,"slug":47,"count":48,"latest_published_at":44},"Security","security",756,{"name":50,"slug":24,"count":51,"latest_published_at":52},"Policy",399,"2026-09-27T18:39:02.000Z",{"name":54,"slug":55,"count":56,"latest_published_at":57},"Deals","deals",261,"2026-09-27T15:30:35.000Z",{"name":59,"slug":60,"count":61,"latest_published_at":62},"Hardware","hardware",188,"2026-09-27T20:46:36.000Z",{"name":64,"slug":65,"count":66,"latest_published_at":44},"Science","science",147,{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",135,"2026-09-26T14:30:00.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Software","software",91,"2026-09-25T20:55:00.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",84,"2026-09-26T04:20:58.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Startups","startups",76,"2026-09-25T18:33:59.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":90,"latest_published_at":91},"Gaming","gaming",48,"2026-09-25T18:35:21.000Z",{"name":93,"slug":94,"count":90,"latest_published_at":95},"General","general","2026-09-26T17:02:42.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Reviews","reviews",30,"2026-09-24T20:07:31.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]