Utah has filed a lawsuit against social media app TikTok over its alleged use of algorithms and design features that mimic slot machines and “illegally bait children into addictive and unhealthy use.”
The lawsuit was filed earlier this month in Utah’s Third Judicial District Court by the state’s Division of Consumer Protection (UDCP). It accuses TikTok Inc. of violating the Utah Consumer Sales Practices Act (UCSPA) by willfully making the app addictive to kids and profiting from this design.
“TikTok induces that effect by relying on the same strategy casinos use to hook gamblers on slot machines — keeping them at the Please log in to see the rest of this story.
