The Texas attorney general argues that the popular short-form video app has not complied with a new state law that seeks to protect children who are active online.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok on Thursday for sharing and selling minors' personal information, violating a new state law that seeks to protect children who are active on social media, accusations that the company denied hours later.
Paxton also argues that TikTok unlawfully shares and sells minors' personal identifying information to third parties, including advertisers and search engines, and illegally displays targeted advertising to known minors. "We strongly disagree with these allegations and, in fact, we offer robust safeguards for teens and parents, including family pairing, all of which are publicly available," TikTok spokesperson Jason Grosse wrote in an emailed statement. "We stand by the protections we provide families."
Days before the law was scheduled to take effect, Judge Robert Pitman blocked a part of the law that would have required social media companies to filter out harmful content from a minor's feed, such as information that features self-harm or substance abuse. But Pitman allowed other pieces of the law to take effect, such as the prohibition on selling or sharing minors' data, as well as a new rule that social media companies let parents monitor their children's accounts.
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