Utah sues TikTok, claiming platform harms kids, downplays China ties

The state of Utah is suing TikTok, alleging the social media platform is addictive to children and the company has deceptively downplayed its ties to China. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Attorney General Sean Reyes, both Republicans, announced the suit in a press release Tuesday, saying that after an "extensive investigation," the state found TikTok "illegally baits children into addictive and unhealthy use, blatantly misrepresents the app’s safety, and deceptively portrays itself as independent of its China-based parent company ByteDance." "We will no longer tolerate TikTok misleading parents that its...