- Iowa AG Brenna Bird has amended her complaint against social media giant TikTok and related entities to add additional claims regarding the vulnerability of Iowans’ personal data in violation of state consumer protection law.
- The AG’s original complaint focused on children’s safety and alleged that TikTok knowingly designed its app to be addictive to youth and that the company represented its app as safe for children, when in reality it exposes them to inappropriate adult content. In the amended petition, the AG asserts that the company falsely represented to consumers that their personal data is safe from interception by the Chinese government, in violation of the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act.
- The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief, civil penalties, disgorgement, and cost and fees, among other relief.
- We have previously reported on the Iowa AG’s lawsuit, as well as similar lawsuits brought by Kentucky, Utah, Indiana, Nebraska, New York, and Hawai’i.