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More than a dozen states in the US have sued TikTok, accusing the social media platform of helping to drive a mental health crisis among teenagers (www.bbc.com)

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A bipartisan group of 14 attorneys general from across the country allege that the company uses addictive features to hook children to the app and that it has intentionally misled the public about the safety of prolonged use.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James said young people across the country had died or been injured doing TikTok "challenges" and many others were feeling "more sad, anxious and depressed because of TikTok's addictive features".

She cited a 15-year-old boy, who died in Manhattan while “subway surfing” - riding on top of a moving subway car. His mother later found TikTok videos of such activity on his phone, she said.

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Regulators have launched similar cases against Facebook and Instagram for their impact on young people's mental health.

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The Federal Trade Commission, a government watchdog, accused TikTok in August of violating child privacy laws.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (23 children)

I think the guns and the trickle up economy are far worse. But this isn't actually about mental health, but banning media that shows a non western narrative.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (13 children)

Is that why Meta is also being sued over the negative mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram?
They too are promoting a non-western narrative?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're not trying to ban them though. And fines are nothing to a multibillion dollar company.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The federal ban is for ByteDance not TickTok.
And that's unrelated to the states filing this law suit.

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