The attorneys general of 13 states and Washington D.C. claim TikTok falsely claims its platform is safe for children.

A bipartisan group of 14 attorneys general accuse the company of using addictive features to hook children.

Attorneys general from 14 states and districts sued TikTok for allegedly harming kids’ mental health and misleading the public about how safe its platform is. The bipartisan group of AGs, led by New York’s Letitia James and California’s Rob Bonta,

More than a dozen states sued TikTok on Tuesday for creating an app designed to be addictive to children and teens.

The suits, which were filed individually by 14 attorneys general from both parties, come as TikTok has exploded in popularity in recent years as both a source of entertainment and news.

More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, alleging the popular short-form video app is harming youth mental health by designing its platform to be addictive to kids.

More than half of American teens aged 13 to 17 use TikTok, the short-form video social media app owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company.

A bipartisan group of 14 attorneys general from across the country filed lawsuits on Tuesday against TikTok, alleging that the platform has “addicted” young people and harmed their mental health.

TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, accusing the popular social media platform of harming and failing to protect young people.

Fourteen attorneys general filed lawsuits accusing the social media platform TikTok of damaging young users’ mental health and collecting their data without consent.

Lawsuits filed by more than a dozen state attorneys general argue that TikTok knowingly exacerbates the youth mental health crisis and places profits over child safety.