EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit against TikTok for deceptive marketing of the app as safe for minors. In court filings, Paxton argues that the company and ownership group violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices—Consumer Protection Act with the amount of explicit content and mature themes present in the app, and that it targets minors and is designed to be addictive. "While TikTok has established its…

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Social media platform TikTok is being sued by the attorney general of Texas for allegedly exposing children to inappropriate material while misleading parents as well as minors about the addictive nature of the app.
“While TikTok has established itself as one of the most popular apps in Texas, it has utterly disregarded the health and safety of Texas minors in the process,” said the Jan. 9 lawsuit filed in the District Court of Galveston County,…

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Texas AG Sues TikTok for Exposing Minors to Explicit Content

"Ken Paxton files second lawsuit against TikTok for exposing minors to explicit content" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thu…

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Texas is suing TikTok for a second time, alleging that the social media company is “deceptively marketing” the app as being safe for teens.

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In his latest lawsuit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing TikTok over deceptive marketing that exposes minors to “inappropriate and explicit content.”  The lawsuit argues that the social media platform deceptively promotes it’s app as safe for kids, but regularly shows “inappropriate and explicit material to children.” Further, that TikTok is engaging in this deception to maintain it’s current age rating in the app-store.  “TikTok active…

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Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Social media platform TikTok is being sued by the attorney general of Texas for allegedly exposing children to inappropriate material while misleading parents as well as minors about the addictive nature of the app. The TikTok logo outside the company’s U.S. head office in Culver […]

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The state also said the app was misleading parents by claiming a "12+" rating.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a second lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the company of falsely promoting their app as safe for minors.

Texas attorney general sues TikTok for deceptive marketing, claims of safety for minors on app

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