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Iowa AG Adds Claims to TikTok Lawsuit

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…

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FTC Says OkCupid’s Data Sharing Was a Bad Match

The FTC reached a proposed settlement with the operators of OkCupid to resolve allegations that the dating app violated Section 5 of the FTC Act by sharing users’ personal information with a third-party AI company despite promising otherwise in its privacy policy.

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Minnesota Court Swipes Left on TikTok’s Motion to Dismiss

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison’s lawsuit against TikTok Inc. will proceed after a state court denied TikTok’s motion to dismiss claims alleging the platform violated Minnesota consumer-protection and money-transmission laws by using addictive design features to drive compulsive use among minors, misleading users about youth safety, and engaging in unlicensed virtual-currency activity.

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