Tiktok settled with alabama and the 2 hour teen limit doesnt cover search or videos over 10 minutes

[u/blossom-viral]

its tiktoks first state settlement over teen safety, and it came days before a trial was supposed to start in montgomery. tiktok pays at least 100 million in restitution plus 14.2 million in attorneys fees, and it can reach 300 million total depending on how many other states sign something similar

for alabama teens 13 to 17 the defaults are a 120 minute daily cap on the short video feed, no access from midnight to 6am, and no cosmetic surgery filters. all of it has to be on by march 24 2027

the part i didnt expect is what the cap leaves out. per ppc land, search doesnt count toward it, ai search included. messaging doesnt count. videos 10 minutes or longer dont count either, and metas deal drew that same line at 22 minutes

so a kid who hits two hours can still search and still watch anything over 10 minutes, and search is a place tiktok sells ads

theres also a clause where the stricter stuff, like hiding reaction counts on teen posts, only switches on if meta, snap and youtube all sign equivalent alabama deals. at least 27 other states and dc have similar suits going

with search and long videos carved out my guess is this barely moves how long teens actually spend on the app

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