Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is suing technology company TikTok, saying the social media app violates the state’s consumer fraud law by lying to parents about its content.
TikTok has a 12+ rating on Apple but the app has sexual content, nudity and depicts alcohol and drug use, Bird said in a news release Wednesday. The app works around parental controls, she said in the lawsuit filed in Polk County District Court.
The state created a “test account” and included in its complaint examples of sexually graphic videos and ones where illegal drugs are used.
“Defendants’ display of profanity and crude humor on the TikTok app despite their representation that such content is “infrequent/mild” constitutes an unfair practice,” the lawsuit said. “Any consumer benefit to exposing young Iowans to profanity and crude humor content is far outweighed by the substantial, unavoidable injury to young Iowans, who cannot unsee harmful content once TikTok […]
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