TikTok agrees to pay Alabama at least $100 million to settle the state’s lawsuit over allegations that the app was designed to be addictive to children and misled users about safety tools. The settlement is reached days before a trial that had been scheduled to begin in Alabama. Bloomberg and other outlets report the payout could increase to as much as $300 million if conditions in the agreement are met.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office says the settlement requires new protections for teen users, including a daily time cap of two hours and “productive pauses” after set intervals of continuous use. Multiple outlets add that teen accounts face overnight restrictions, tighter limits on messaging and push alerts during certain hours, stronger age-related controls, and bans on cosmetic filters. Several reports also say teen accounts will use a non-personalized default feed and have additional parental-notification and easier-to-use parental controls.

Outlet coverage generally aligns on the settlement’s core terms and timeline, while differing mainly in emphasis. Some stories highlight the financial range and the trial’s imminent start; others focus more on the specific teen-safety measures included. TikTok does not admit wrongdoing in the settlement papers reported by some outlets.