14 Plaintiffs Filed Lawsuits
The action against TikTok is being brought simultaneously by the attorneys general from the states of California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia.
Releasing their own press statements, the attorneys general demonstrated a united front. The attorney general for Washington state, Bob Ferguson, called for social media platforms to be reformed and that “TikTok is deceiving young people and their parents when it claims to look out for the safety of young users.”
While a statement from California attorney general, Rob Bonta, said that:
“TikTok intentionally targets children because they know kids do not yet have the defenses or capacity to create healthy boundaries around addictive content.”