Attorneys General Sue TikTok

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States sue TikTok over app's effect on kids' mental health

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A bipartisan group of more than a dozen state attorneys general is filing lawsuits against TikTok related to its app's effects on teens and other young users.

The lawsuits come weeks after TikTok lawyers argued in a federal appeals court that a new law banning the app after Jan. 19 was unconstitutional.

The District of Columbia AG Brian Schwalb's suit alleges a slew of "profound" mental health risks posed to teens and children by compulsive TikTok use.

A new law would ban the TikTok app by Jan. 19 unless ByteDance finds a non-Chinese buyer for the company.

Members of Congress and others argued that the app poses a national security risk to the U.S. The AGs lawsuits are the latest in a series of civil complaints by state attorneys general targeting social media companies.

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