Iowa sues TikTok, alleging app misleads parents about inappropriate content
Iowa sued TikTok on Wednesday, accusing the video-based social media app of misrepresenting the prevalence of inappropriate content on the platform to avoid parental controls.
The lawsuit alleges that TikTok falsely claims there is only infrequent or mild sexual content and nudity, profanity or crude humor, mature and suggestive themes, and alcohol, tobacco or drug use references on the platform to obtain a “12+” rating in Apple’s App Store.
“TikTok knows and intends to evade the parental controls on…