FAQ: COPPA — Your Questions About Children's Online Privacy Answered

What You Need To Know TikTok COPPA fine (2019): $5.7M — platform revenue that year: $3B+ (fine = 0.19% of revenue) YouTube COPPA settlement: $170M (2019) — largest COPPA penalty in history at the time of ruling 59% of children under 13 have social media accounts (Ofcom 2022) — all bypassing COPPA via the age checkbox Instagram internal research (2021 Facebook Papers): 13.5% of Instagram users are under 13, known to the platform Meta, Google, and TikTok collectively spent $50M+ lobbying against children's privacy legislation between 2022 and 2024 7 Frequently Asked Questions 1. What is COPPA and what does it require? COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) is a federal US law signed in 1998 and administered by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that prohibits operators of websites and online services from collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent. Covered operators must post a clear privacy policy