(8 Oct 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Francisco – 8 October 2024
1. Rob Bonta speaks at news conference surrounded by supporters
2. Poster at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rob Bonta, (D) California Attorney General:
"The state of California today is announcing a lawsuit against TikTok. We’re filing in state court. We’re bringing claims based on our false advertising law and unfair competition law because TikTok has intentionally and deliberately manipulated and hurt knowingly young people through its platform. It has promoted excessive and addictive compulsive use by design of our children through its different features from autoplay and infinite scroll to its likes to its beauty filter."
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4. iPhone screen showing TikTok content
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San Francisco – 8 October 2024
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rob Bonta, (D) California Attorney General:
"I think there are parents throughout this state and this nation who are rightfully worried about their children’s mental health, their safety, their well-being because of the use of social media and its ubiquity, its omnipresence and. I know our parents are worried. I’m worried. I’m also fed up and will not tolerate multinational corporations. This American corporation is specifically targeting our young people and knowingly harming them."
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6. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies at US Senate hearing on social media
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San Francisco – 8 October 2024
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rob Bonta, (D) California Attorney General:
"And that’s why we’re suing TikTok today. So we’re proud to stand with states across the nation again, multi-state, bipartisan holding TikTok accountable for harming our youth. We will not stop until our young people are safe and healthy. We will always stand up for our young people and have the backs of our parents across the state and across this nation."
8. Attorney general seal on podium
9. Rob Bonta speaks at news conference surrounded by supporters
STORYLINE:
More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, saying that the popular short-form video app is designed to be addictive to kids and harms their mental health.
The lawsuits stem from a national investigation into TikTok, which was launched in March 2022 by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from many states, including New York, California, Kentucky and New Jersey. All of the complaints were filed in state courts.
At the heart of each lawsuit is the TikTok algorithm, which powers what users see on the platform by populating the app’s main “For You” feed with content tailored to people’s interests. The lawsuits note TikTok design features that they say addict children to the platform, such as the ability to scroll endlessly through content, push notifications that come with built-in “buzzes” and face filters that create unattainable appearances for users.
"We’re bringing claims based on our false advertising law and unfair competition law because Tick Tock has intentionally and deliberately manipulated and hurt knowingly young people through its platform," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said at a news conference in San Francisco.
The latest lawsuits come nearly a year after dozens of states sued Instagram parent Meta Platforms Inc. in state and federal courts for harming young people and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing addictive features that keep kids hooked on their platforms.
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