New court records claim TikTok knew its LIVE feature was used to …
Jan 3, 2025 · The lawsuit, filed in June 2024, accuses TikTok of using a monetization feature to incentivize minors to perform sexually explicit acts on its LIVE feature — TikTok then takes a “significant cut” from those virtual transactions, Utah alleges. In a statement to Utah News Dispatch on Friday, a TikTok spokesperson said the lawsuit ignores ...
New court records claim TikTok knew its LIVE feature was ... - Yahoo News
2 days ago · New information released as part of Utah's ongoing lawsuit alleges TikTok LIVE targets minors and is used to launder money. (Photo by Thicha Satapitanon/Getty Images) Hundreds of thousands of children have bypassed TikTok’s minimum age restrictions to use the social media platform’s LIVE feature, which incentivizes sexual content, sometimes ...
NEWS RELEASE: Utah Division of Consumer Protections …
Jan 3, 2025 · TikTok’s internal “Project Meramec” investigation and the admissions of its employees document how TikTok LIVE allows adults to pay young users to strip, pose, and dance provocatively for “diamonds,” which can be cashed out for real money. “Utah’s unredacted complaint demonstrates how clearly depraved TikTok’s business model is.
'TikTok knew the harm': New version of Utah lawsuit reveals ... - ABC4 Utah
Jan 3, 2025 · SALT LAKE CITY — A less-redacted version of a lawsuit filed by the State of Utah against TikTok reveals allegations that the social media giant may have been aware its in-app LIVE feature was allegedly fostering an environment that encourages sexual content.In June 2024, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes likened the live-streaming feature to …
Utah filing alleges TikTok knowingly profited from child …
Jan 3, 2025 · The state of Utah released a new unredacted filing that suggests TikTok executives may have known the company was profiting off children being sexually exploited on the platform.. This new filing comes after Utah’s long legal battle against the social media platform. In late 2022, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox issued an executive order banning TikTok from all state-owned devices.
Utah lawsuit alleges TikTok knew minors were being exploited
6 days ago · Utah's AG filed the redacted version of this lawsuit in June 2024, following a different suit from 2023 concerning the addictive design of the TikTok app. The Utah lawsuit isn't the first time the ...
TikTok Knew Its TikTok Live Feature Encouraged Sexual Content, Utah …
6 days ago · TikTok has long known that its popular video livestreams encourage sexual content, including streams exploiting and “grooming” minors, according to a lawsuit by the state of Utah that was ...
TikTok’s Live Video Feature ‘Groomed’ Minors, Utah AG Claims (2)
6 days ago · TikTok has long known that its popular video livestreams encourage sexual content, including streams exploiting and “grooming” minors, according to a lawsuit by the state of Utah that was unredacted on Friday. TikTok also discovered through an internal investigation that the feature, called TikTok Live, has facilitated money laundering and ...
Utah sues TikTok, alleging it lures children into addictive and ...
Oct 10, 2023 · 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.
Utah sues TikTok over child addiction harm, targets …
Oct 10, 2023 · In a complaint filed in state court, the Utah Department of Commerce’s Division of Consumer Protection alleges that TikTok surreptitiously designed and deployed addictive features to hook young users into endlessly scrolling through the company’s app.