RICHMOND, VA — On Friday, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares filed a lawsuit in the Richmond City Circuit Court against TikTok and ByteDance Ltd., the China-based parent company of TikTok.
The suit alleges that the app TikTok was intentionally designed to be addictive for adolescent users and that the companies deceived parents and Virginians about TikTok’s content, including by claiming the app is appropriate for children over the age of 12 or rated T for Teen, in violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
The lawsuit also seeks to hold TikTok accountable for misleading the public regarding the app’s connection to and potential for abuse by the Chinese government and Communist Party…