AGs in Iowa and Oklahoma advanced separate consumer protection actions against Roblox over allegations that the gaming platform misrepresented its child-safety protections and exposed minors to unsafe online interactions. In Iowa, a court partially denied Roblox’s motion to dismiss AG Brenna Bird’s Iowa Consumer Fraud Act lawsuit, allowing the State’s deception claims and several unfair-practices…

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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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Iowa AG Brenna Bird filed a lawsuit against healthcare claims clearinghouse Change Healthcare Inc. and its owners and operators alleging that cybersecurity and breach-response failures during a 2024 cyberattack violated the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act and the Personal Information Security Breach Protection Act. The petition claims the companies used outdated, insecure systems that lacked basic…

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird filed a lawsuit against General Motors LLC and its subsidiary OnStar LLC for allegedly violating the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act by collecting and selling drivers’ vehicle data without adequate disclosure or consent.

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird and Texas AG Ken Paxton co-led a group of 16 Republican AGs in sending a letter to Alphabet, Inc. about YouTube’s content moderation practices. In the letter, the AGs said they have received reports that YouTube is allegedly censoring or suppressing conservative commentators despite Alphabet’s prior public statements that it had…

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