Florida sues TikTok for allegedly violating its social media ban for kids (opens original article in a new tab)

Florida sues TikTok for allegedly violating child safety laws by allowing underage users and failing to obtain parental consent, while also accusing the company of misleading parents about content risks and addictive design.

• Florida sues TikTok for not complying with child safety law banning kids under 14 from social media accounts
• TikTok accused of allowing 13-year-olds to use platform and failing to require parental consent for 14-15-year-olds
• Florida claims TikTok lies about content risks and designs app to be addictive for children