After Forbes reported in 2022 that underage children were stripping on the app's live feature, TikTok officials found that a high number of the kids received digital currency on the app and that adults were direct messaging them, according to the excerpts reported by NPR.

The contents of a two-year investigation into TikTok by 14 attorneys general is now public due to a redaction error by Kentucky's attorney general.

More than a dozen state attorneys have sued TikTok, accusing the platform of using addictive product features.

TikTok has been aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective. That’s

TikTok was aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective, according to internal documents and communications exposed in lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky.

Just days after multiple states sued TikTok for allegedly designing the app to addict children, new details have emerged about how they say the company does it. Jo Ling Kent reports.

New documents have been revealed that show that TikTok executives were well aware of the harmful effects of the app on teen users.

In communications newly revealed, TikTok executives discuss being aware of the harms caused by their app. TikTok officials were warned of the app’s dangers to minors.

Newly public internal communications from TikTok executives reportedly show that the company knows its app is harmful to U.S. teenagers.