TikTok accused of harming younger users in new US lawsuits

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TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 US states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday (Oct 8), accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing to protect young people.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00New lawsuits filed against TikTok in the U.S. on Tuesday accused the popular social media

00:08platform of harming and failing to protect young people.

00:11The lawsuits were filed separately in New York, California, the District of Columbia,

00:17and 11 other states.

00:19They expand Chinese-owned TikTok's legal fight with U.S. regulators and seek new financial

00:25penalties against the company.

00:27The states accuse TikTok of using intentionally addictive software designed to keep children

00:32watching as long and often as possible and misrepresenting its content moderation effectiveness.

00:39They also argue that TikTok seeks to maximize the amount of time users spend on the app

00:44to target them with ads.

00:46Washington D.C.'s attorney general alleged TikTok operates an unlicensed money transmission

00:52business through its live streaming and virtual currency features.

00:56TikTok said it strongly disagreed with the claims, quote, many of which we believe to

01:01be inaccurate and misleading.

01:03TikTok provides safety features, including default screen time limits and privacy defaults

01:09for minors under 16, the company said.

01:12The U.S. Justice Department sued TikTok in August for allegedly failing to protect children's

01:17privacy on the app.

01:19Other states previously sued TikTok for failing to protect children from harm, including Utah

01:24and Texas.

01:26TikTok on Monday rejected the allegations in a court filing.

01:30TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, is battling a U.S. law that could ban the

01:36app in the United States.

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