Utah has become the latest state to sue TikTok, alleging the social media company is “baiting” children into addictive and unhealthy habits.

Utah became the latest state Tuesday to file a lawsuit against TikTok, alleging the company is “baiting” children into addictive and unhealthy social media habits.

TikTok lures children into hours of social media use, misrepresents the app’s safety and deceptively portrays itself as independent of its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, Utah claims in the lawsuit.

“We will not stand by while these companies fail to take adequate, meaningful action to protect our children. We will prevail in holding social media companies accountable by any means necessary,” Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said at a news conference announcing the lawsuit, which was filed in state court in Salt Lake City.

  • TenderfootGungi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    While I am sure this is true, wouldn’t conservatives want this to fall on parents instead of regulations?

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
      6·
      1 year ago

      You seem confused, let me explain:

      The conservative philosophy isn’t “you can’t tell people what to do,” it’s “You can’t tell me what to do. I can tell you what to do.”