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Florida sues TikTok, claiming it violates state child safety law

Florida's attorney general sued TikTok on Monday over claims it is violating the state's law barring social ​media platforms from allowing children under age 14 ​to create accounts.

In the lawsuit, filed in state court in St. Lucie County, Florida Attorney General ​James Uthmeier, a Republican, accuses TikTok of violating the law by allowing underage users to access the platform and misrepresenting the amount of violent or sexual content young users can be exposed to.

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