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French Families Sue TikTok Over Teen Suicides They Say Are Linked to Harmful Content

In the moment when her world shattered three years ago, Stephanie Mistre found her 15-year-old daughter, Marie, lifeless in the bedroom where she died by suicide. “I went from light to darkness in a fraction of a second,” Mistre said, …

Texas AG Files Second Lawsuit Against TikTok Over Explicit Content

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday sued TikTok for the second time in recent months, accusing the social media company of violating deceptive trade law by downplaying its addictiveness and exposing children to explicit material. The suit argues that …

China’s ByteDance Seeks $1.1M in Damages From Ex-Intern in AI Breach Case: Report

China’s ByteDance is suing a former intern for $1.1 million, alleging he deliberately attacked its artificial intelligence large language model training infrastructure, a case that has drawn widespread attention within China amid a heated AI race. The parent company of …

Update: TikTok Sued by Families in France After Children’s Suicides

TikTok was sued by a group of seven French families who blame the social network app for harming the mental health of their children, driving two of them to suicide. The families, grouped in the association Algos Victima, filed their …

13 States and DC Sue TikTok, Accusing Platform of Harming Younger Users

TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing to protect young people. The lawsuits filed separately in New York, California, the District …

Texas AG Sues TikTok For Violating State’s New Social Media Law

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. The …

US Appeals Court Takes Aim at Big Tech Liability Shield

A US appeals court has struck down a long-standing argument from social media platforms: that a federal law grants them blanket immunity from being held accountable for user harms – even the wrongful death of children. In a ruling delivered …

TikTok Must Face Lawsuit Over 10-Year-Old Girl’s Death, Appeals Court Rules

A U.S. appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok by the mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after taking part in a viral “blackout challenge” in which users of the social media platform were dared to choke themselves …

TikTok Sued by US for Allegedly Breaking Kids’ Privacy Law

TikTok was sued by the US for allegedly collecting data on children in violation of an online privacy act, three months after the popular video app sued the government over a law that could ban it across the country. In …

New Hampshire Sues TikTok Alleging Consumer Protection Violations, Harm to Kids

New Hampshire is suing social media video service TikTok Inc. for allegedly violating the state’s consumer protection act, Attorney General John M. Formella announced. The state’s complaint against TikTok filed in Superior Court in Merrimack alleges that the company has …