A Utah lawsuit is accusing TikTok of harming children through LIVE, arguing that the app's streaming feature acts as a 'virtual strip club' in which preying adults can pay for content.
A new lawsuit against TikTok filed in Utah describes the social media app popular among child users as a 'virtual strip club,' arguing that it puts kids at risk. The Utah Division of Consumer Protection is accusing TikTok of 'profiting from deceptive design features that facilitate sexual exploitation, sex trafficking, the distribution of pornography, and other illegal acts through its virtual currency system in violation of the Utah Consumer Sales Practices Act .
The UCSPA states that the 'company knows LIVE operates in part like a virtual strip club, providing streamers with a performance stage, and allowing users to hand over virtual money.' The complaint further alleges that the LIVE and virtual currency features combined make children more likely to act impulsively and feel encouraged by adults to 'strip, spread their legs, and flash body parts to the camera, in exchange for virtual Gifts.
TikTok has been the subject of numerous state and federal-level lawsuits alleging that the app poses both mental and physical threats to children who use it. President Biden in April signed a Senate-passed bill to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app or be banned in the United States. American lawmakers accuse the platform of being a risk to U.S. national security, collecting user data, and spreading propaganda.
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