TikTok has reached a settlement with the state of Alabama, agreeing to impose a two-hour daily usage limit for adolescents. This deal prevents the first trial brought by an American state against the social media platform. The agreement, announced by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, requires TikTok to pay at least 100 million dollars, with the amount potentially increasing to 300 million dollars if specific conditions are met. The case, which was set to begin in Montgomery in three days, is now resolved, but it does not end lawsuits from over a dozen other states against TikTok. Under the agreement, TikTok will implement several measures to limit adolescent use. These include interrupting use after fifteen, sixty, and ninety minutes of continuous activity, restricting access for minors between midnight and 6 a.m., and limiting messages and notifications during school hours and at night. The platform will also improve age verification, ban aesthetic filters for adolescents, provide a non-personalized content feed by default, and offer stronger parental controls. These restrictions are similar to those imposed on Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, in a previous settlement with states. Meta had previously agreed to pay up to 18 billion dollars to resolve state lawsuits, including 117 million dollars for Alabama, according to Marshall. The Meta settlement includes additional restrictions, such as requiring TikTok, YouTube, and Snapchat to align on stricter commitments in each state before part of the funds are paid. TikTok has a history of settling cases before trials, including a January agreement with a young woman in Los Angeles and a June settlement with a school district in Kentucky for 8 million dollars. In late August, TikTok agreed to pay up to 400 million dollars to resolve federal lawsuits regarding the illegal collection of children's data. Alabama sued TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, in April 2025, accusing the app of being designed "like a sophisticated slot machine" to create addiction among young users. The state later narrowed its claims to allegations that TikTok misled parents about the effectiveness of tools intended to protect minors. Currently, TikTok is controlled by a majority-American joint venture, with ByteDance holding slightly less than 20 percent of the company.