Utah became the latest state Tuesday to file a lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the company is “baiting” children into addictive and unhealthy social media habits.

TikTok lures children into hours of social media use, misrepresents the app’s safety and deceptively portrays itself as independent of its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, Utah claims in the lawsuit.

“We will not stand by while these companies fail to take adequate, meaningful action to protect our children. We will prevail in holding social media companies accountable by any means necessary,” Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said at a news conference announcing the lawsuit, which was filed in state court in Salt Lake City.

  • ryan213
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    31 year ago

    TikTok should countersue.

    • Piecemakers
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      91 year ago

      Somebody needs to bleed that cult ASAP. 🤷🏼‍♂️

        • Piecemakers
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          1 year ago

          Well, at least until someone commandeers their colony ship, right? 🤞🏼

        • @Death_Equity
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          21 year ago

          We need the Scientologists to start shit with the Mormons.