STATE LAWSUITS:
“Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird sued TikTok for deceiving Iowans, particularly parents, by lying about children’s widespread access to inappropriate content on its social-media app. “TikTok has kept parents in the dark,” said Attorney General Bird. “It’s time we shine a light on TikTok for exposing young children to graphic materials such as sexual content, self-harm, illegal drug use, and worse. TikTok has sneaked past parental blocks by misrepresenting the severity of its content. But no longer. As a mom and prosecutor, I am committed to equipping parents with information to keep their kids safe and to holding TikTok accountable.” The lawsuit explains that TikTok:Claims a “12+” rating in Apple’s App Store, despite frequent and intense adult content, including: Sexual content and nudity Profanity and crude humorMature and suggestive themes….”
Children using Instagram and Facebook have often been targets of sexual harassment, according to a 2021 internal company presentation that estimated 100,000 minors receive sexually abusive content every day, Katherine Blunt and Jeff Horwitz of The Wall Street Journal noted. The finding is among unredacted material about the company’s child safety policies related to a previous lawsuit filed by New Mexico alleging Meta recommended sexual content to underage users and promoted underage accounts to predatory adult users. In one 2021 internal document, Meta employees noted its recommendation algorithm, called “People You May Know,” was known among employees to connect child users with potential predators."
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“Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird sued TikTok for deceiving Iowans, particularly parents, by lying about children’s widespread access to inappropriate content on its social-media app. “TikTok has kept parents in the dark,” said Attorney General Bird. “It’s time we shine a light on TikTok for exposing young children to graphic materials such as sexual content, self-harm, illegal drug use, and worse. TikTok has sneaked past parental blocks by misrepresenting the severity of its content. But no longer. As a mom and prosecutor, I am committed to equipping parents with information to keep their kids safe and to holding TikTok accountable.” The lawsuit explains that TikTok:Claims a “12+” rating in Apple’s App Store, despite frequent and intense adult content, including: Sexual content and nudity Profanity and crude humorMature and suggestive themes….”
Children using Instagram and Facebook have often been targets of sexual harassment, according to a 2021 internal company presentation that estimated 100,000 minors receive sexually abusive content every day, Katherine Blunt and Jeff Horwitz of The Wall Street Journal noted. The finding is among unredacted material about the company’s child safety policies related to a previous lawsuit filed by New Mexico alleging Meta recommended sexual content to underage users and promoted underage accounts to predatory adult users. In one 2021 internal document, Meta employees noted its recommendation algorithm, called “People You May Know,” was known among employees to connect child users with potential predators."
https://ibkrcampus.com/traders-insi...ktok-as-new-mexicos-meta-lawsuit-sheds-light/