TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege
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🗓️ 11 October 2024
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The confidential material was part of a more than two-year investigation into TikTok by 14 attorneys general that led to state officials suing the company on Tuesday.
The lawsuit against the popular video sharing platform claims it was designed to keep young people hooked on the service. Documents uncovered by Kentucky Public Radio show that the company's internal research may help support this accusation.
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody knows that kids love Tik- |
| 0:03.8 | So my skin was really going through it as you can see, |
| 0:05.8 | but I realized I didn't even have a security |
| 0:07.8 | that was literally my fault. |
| 0:08.8 | So I was running right to the club from all the things. |
| 0:11.8 | We're Costco guys. Of course we go shopping while eating a chicken bake. |
| 0:15.6 | I just woke up. |
| 0:16.6 | This is not what I look like right now. |
| 0:18.8 | This filter should be illegal. |
| 0:20.8 | It's an obsession, but one that psychologists, parents, and 14 attorneys general are concerned |
| 0:26.7 | is causing serious harm to young people. |
| 0:29.3 | We're suing the social media giant for exploiting young users and deceiving the public about the |
| 0:36.7 | vast dangers the platform poses to our youth. We know that the algorithm that Tik-Toc relies upon is designed to be |
| 0:46.3 | addictive. It's like digital nicotine. Consider this. A new lawsuit against the |
| 0:50.7 | popular video sharing platform claims it was designed to keep young people |
| 0:55.0 | hooked on the service. |
| 0:57.0 | Documents uncovered by Kentucky Public Radio show that the company's internal research may help support that accusation. |
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