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Utah AG Accuses TikTok of Knowing Minors Were Being Groomed on ‘Live.’ The lawsuit also alleges TikTok Live facilitated money laundering, drugs sales, and terrorism.

The lawsuit also alleges TikTok Live facilitated money laundering, drugs sales, and terrorism.

Not only is it locked into a fight for its life with the federal government as it waits for its day before the Supreme Court next week, but it also has the Attorney General of Utah breathing down its neck. Bloomberg acquired a redacted version of a lawsuit filed by the state’s leading prosecutor that alleges TikTok knew that its Live streaming feature was a breeding ground for all sorts of illicit content and harmful behavior, including grooming children. Leah Plunkett, an assistant dean at Harvard Law School, told Forbes it was “the digital equivalent of going down the street to a strip club filled with 15-year-olds.”

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