Progress
Current status
under deliberation
18 Feb 2022under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
subnational
Timeline of events
Opened investigation into TikTok’s potential facilitation of human trafficking, child privacy violations and other potential unlawful conduct
On 18 February 2022, the Office of the Attorney General of Texas launched two civil demand investigations into past and present potentially unlawful practices of TikTok. These practices include civil racketeering related to trafficking of persons, c…
Event typeinvestigation
Action typeannouncement
Government branchjudiciary
Government bodycourt