California Brings Consumer Protection Suit Against TikTok For Harming Youth

( October 9, 2024, 2:25 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — The California Attorney General’s Office on Oct. 8 filed a lawsuit in state court accusing the owners and operators of the TikTok social media app of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and false advertising law (FAL) by intentionally targeting children, including those younger than 13, with addictive features and illegally collecting their data.  Similar consumer protection suits were recently filed in more than a dozen other states....