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Arkansas sues TikTok, Meta over privacy, child safety claims

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Arkansas is suing TikTok and Facebook parent Meta over concerns about the safety of children on the platforms and protections of users' private data. The state on Tuesday filed two lawsuits against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance.

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  1. KOB 4

    Arkansas sues TikTok, Meta over privacy, child safety claims (opens KOB 4)

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    Arkansas is suing TikTok and Facebook parent Meta over concerns about the safety of children on the platforms and protections of users' private data. The state on Tuesday filed two lawsuits against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance.

  2. Thv11

    Arkansas suing TikTok, Meta for exposing minors to 'damaging content' (opens Thv11)

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    Arkansas AG Tim Griffin has filed 3 lawsuits against Meta and TikTok, which are being accused of "exposing teens to damaging content" through the apps.

  3. Forbes

    Arkansas Sues TikTok And Meta For Allegedly ‘Deceiving’ Users (opens Forbes)

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    Arkansas is the latest GOP-led state to file a lawsuit against Meta or TikTok.

  4. Arkansas Times

    Arkansas opens lawsuits against Meta, TikTok (opens Arkansas Times)

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    Gov. Sarah Sanders and Attorney General Tim Griffin announced three lawsuits against social media companies under the state’s deceptive trade practices law. The suits claim Meta and TikTok are damaging children in Arkansas.

  5. CNN

    Arkansas sues TikTok, ByteDance and Meta over mental health claims (opens CNN)

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    The state of Arkansas has sued TikTok, its parent ByteDance, and Facebook-parent Meta over claims the companies' products are harmful to users, in the latest effort by public officials to take social media companies to court over mental-health and privacy concerns.

  6. Gopusa

    Arkansas sues Meta, TikTok over putting children, personal data at risk (opens Gopusa)

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    Arkansas has filed a trio of lawsuits against TikTok and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, on accusations that they engage in deceptive business practices that put children and the personal data of residents at risk.

  7. Axios

    Arkansas suit accuses TikTok and Meta of "deceiving" users over over privacy and child safety (opens Axios)

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    "We have to hold Big Tech companies accountable for pushing addictive platforms on our kids," Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.

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