The attorney general of Iowa initiated a lawsuit against TikTok on Jan. 17, with the social media platform standing accused of misleading parents about the extent of inappropriate content shown on the app.
According to the lawsuit filed in a state court in Polk County, Iowa, TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, have repeatedly lied about the prevalence of harmful content aimed at children. This includes content containing drug and alcohol use, as well as profanity, nudity, and sexual content.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird stated in the suit that TikTok has continually and deliberately misled parents on the issue.
“TikTok has kept parents in the dark. It’s time we shine a light on TikTok for exposing young children to graphic materials such as sexual content, self-harm, illegal drug use, and worse,” said Ms. Bird....
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