Texas Sues Netflix Over Alleged Illegal Data Collection
The suit alleges Netflix tracked viewing habits and sold user data to advertisers while using autoplay to keep children watching longer.
- On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Netflix in Collin County, alleging the streaming giant is "spying" on Texans, including children, in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
- Netflix allegedly conducted a "years-long bait-and-switch," publicly eschewing advertising while secretly stockpiling user information to sell to advertisers, a practice Paxton described as "mining" families for data to make "billions."
- According to the suit, Netflix operates a "surveillance machinery" that processes over 10 million events per second, while allegedly using "dark patterns" like autoplay to keep children addicted to the platform.
- Seeking injunctive relief, Paxton requests the court mandate that Netflix disable autoplay by default on kids' profiles and block the "unlawful collection and disclosure" of user data.
- Paxton stated he will continue to hold "Big Tech" corporations accountable under Texas law for exploiting private data and misleading consumers, targeting the company's $350 billion market cap.
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