TikTok Faces Lawsuits from 13 States Over Alleged Harmful and Addictive Features

TikTok Faces Lawsuits from 13 States Over Alleged Harmful and Addictive Features
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Accusations of Intentional Addiction and Harm

A group of 13 states, along with the Dis­trict of Colum­bia, have filed sep­a­rate law­suits against Tik­Tok, accus­ing the pop­u­lar social media plat­form of inten­tion­al­ly design­ing its fea­tures to be addic­tive and harm­ful, par­tic­u­lar­ly to young users.

Allegations of Misrepresentation and Exploitation

The states claim that Tik­Tok uses soft­ware designed to keep chil­dren watch­ing for as long and as often as pos­si­ble, while mis­rep­re­sent­ing the effec­tive­ness of its con­tent mod­er­a­tion efforts.

They also allege that Tik­Tok’s live stream­ing and vir­tu­al cur­ren­cy fea­tures exploit under­age users.

Protecting Children’s Mental Health

“Young peo­ple are strug­gling with their men­tal health because of addic­tive social media plat­forms like Tik­Tok,” said New York Attor­ney Gen­er­al Leti­tia James. 

The law­suits aim to hold Tik­Tok account­able for the neg­a­tive impact its plat­form has on the well-being of chil­dren and adolescents.

TikTok’s Response and Ongoing Legal Battles

Tik­Tok has strong­ly dis­agreed with the alle­ga­tions, stat­ing that it offers “robust safe­guards for teens and parents.” 

How­ev­er, the com­pa­ny is already fac­ing a US law that could poten­tial­ly ban the app, as well as oth­er legal chal­lenges from var­i­ous states.

Expanding Legal Scrutiny of TikTok

The lat­est law­suits expand the legal bat­tles Tik­Tok is fac­ing with reg­u­la­tors, as the plat­for­m’s par­ent com­pa­ny, ByteDance, con­tin­ues to nav­i­gate the com­plex reg­u­la­to­ry land­scape in the Unit­ed States.

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