Bird files to require TikTok to raise its app store age rating

DES MOINES, Iowa – Attorney General of Iowa Brenna Bird filed to change TikTok’s app store age rating to protect kids while the lawsuit filed in January progresses. Bird sued TikTok claiming the social media platform deceives Iowans, particularly parents, by lying about children’s access to inappropriate content on its app. The lawsuit makes the case that TikTok violates App Store guidelines by claiming a “12+” age rating despite containing frequent and intense adult material such as sexual content, profanity, self-harm, drugs, and binge drinking. The temporary injunction filed will...