United States of America: Arkansas's Attorney General lawsuit against TikTok and ByteDance for allegedly misleading consumers about the nature of their content

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
28 Mar 2023 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
other service provider
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
subnational

Timeline of events

28 Mar 2023
under deliberation

Announced lawsuit against TikTok and ByteDance for allegedly misleading its consumers about the nature of the platform's content (Case No. 12CV-23-65)

On 28 March 2023, Arkansas's Attorney General (AG) filed a lawsuit against TikTok, Inc., TikTok PTE. Ltd., ByteDance Inc., and ByteDance Ltd. for allegedly misleading consumers about the extent of safety and security of the platform. The AG argued t…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch judiciary
Government body court