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Fourteen AGs sue TikTok, claiming that it harms children’s mental health


Fourteen U.S. attorneys general sued TikTok on Tuesday, alleging that the platform negatively impacts minors' mental health and harvests data without

Fourteen U.S. attorneys general sued TikTok on Tuesday, alleging that the platform negatively impacts minors’ mental health and harvests data without their consent. TikTok, a U.S. company owned by the Chinese conglomerate ByteDance, is embroiled in a number of lawsuits that could threaten its operations. In another recent lawsuit, the FTC and the Justice Department sued the platform for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting data from users under the age of 13 without parents’ consent.

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