TikTok was aware of risks kids and teens face on its platform, legal document alleges
TikTok was aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective, according to internal documents and communications exposed in lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky.
TikTok knew its algorithm harmed kids, accidentally revealed internal documents show
Officials across 14 states are suing TikTok for what they say is an addictive algorithm that endangers children's mental and physical health.
TikTok knew app posed mental health risks for children, lawsuit alleges
More than a dozen state attorneys have sued TikTok, accusing the platform of using addictive product features.
TikTok knew app was harmful to kids, lawsuit alleges
Just days after multiple states sued TikTok for allegedly designing the app to addict children, new details have emerged about how they say the company does it. Jo Ling Kent reports.
TikTok executives know about app’s effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege
In communications newly revealed, TikTok executives discuss being aware of the harms caused by their app. TikTok officials were warned of the app’s dangers to minors.
LISTEN: Kentucky's TikTok lawsuit revealed executives knew about app’s effect on teens
The contents of a two-year investigation into TikTok by 14 attorneys general is now public due to a redaction error by Kentucky's attorney general.
Court documents reveal TikTok owners knew app's impact on children's mental health
More than a dozen states are suing TikTok for allegedly getting children hooked on the wildly popular video-sharing app. Internal court documents leaked this week claim ByteDance, TikTok's China-based parent company,
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TikTok Is Dangerously Addictive—and Its Executives Knew All Along
It’s easy for children and teenagers to get hooked on TikTok, and the company higher-ups aren’t doing anything about it.
TikTok ‘Designed To Be An Addiction Machine, Targeting Children’ Says AG Coleman
Recently unsealed documents revealed that TikTok executives were aware of the potential negative effects of the app on ...
Sealed TikTok court documents show time limit tool effectively did nothing to reduce teen usage, NPR reports
A screen-time limit tool on TikTok doesn’t work in limiting teen usage, the company’s own analysis reportedly found, ...
How Taryn Delanie Smith, TikTok’s Heaven Receptionist, Spends Sundays
Taryn Delanie Smith, a former Miss New York, takes a long stroll with her husband and Great Dane and cues up her Sunday ...
TikTok execs know exactly how many videos it takes to get addicted to its platform
TikTok is being sued by 14 attorneys general across the nation, who allege across various individually-filed lawsuits that ...
TikTok Can Become Addictive After Just 35 Minutes, Uncovered Documents Claim
Legal documents uncovered in a public radio investigation show ByteDance’s internal communication aware of the effects its ...
Why TikTok was the best place to watch live streams of the hurricanes — and why it's also got some issues
TikTok's algorithm leads us toward outrage-inducing stories. But its live videos of Hurricane Milton actually were useful — ...
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TikTok content creator Taylor Rousseau Grigg died from rare chronic condition: Report
The family of TikTok personality Taylor Rousseau Grigg revealed the cause of the 25-year-old’s recent passing. Taylor, who ...
TikTok lays off hundreds for AI moderators while Instagram blames humans for its own issues
TikTok developer ByteDance laid off hundreds of human moderators in favor of AI, while Threads blamed its human moderators on ...